Nitasha Sharma
@nsharma100.bsky.social
Geographer|DarkTourism| Rituals|Authenticity|Sacred Spaces|Folklore|MagicalTourism|Pilgrimage| Sustainability| ailurophile. https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110792072/html
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SAVE GEOGRAPHY at Leicester University (UK) - We call on the University of Leicester to urgently reconsider the proposal to dissolve Geography. This is direct attack on the discipline of Geography at Leicester with likely loss of Geography staff. Please sign + share
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November 10, 2025 at 8:32 AM
SAVE GEOGRAPHY at Leicester University (UK) - We call on the University of Leicester to urgently reconsider the proposal to dissolve Geography. This is direct attack on the discipline of Geography at Leicester with likely loss of Geography staff. Please sign + share
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🔔 CALL FOR CHAPTERS
We invite contributions to an edited volume, "Dark Tourism Rituals and Micro-Rituals: Performance, Negotiation and Meaning-Making" (Channel View Publications). Please send your abstracts to me at nitashar.iu@gmail.com or Dr. Daniel Olsen at dholsen@byu.edu. #darktourism
We invite contributions to an edited volume, "Dark Tourism Rituals and Micro-Rituals: Performance, Negotiation and Meaning-Making" (Channel View Publications). Please send your abstracts to me at nitashar.iu@gmail.com or Dr. Daniel Olsen at dholsen@byu.edu. #darktourism
October 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
🔔 CALL FOR CHAPTERS
We invite contributions to an edited volume, "Dark Tourism Rituals and Micro-Rituals: Performance, Negotiation and Meaning-Making" (Channel View Publications). Please send your abstracts to me at nitashar.iu@gmail.com or Dr. Daniel Olsen at dholsen@byu.edu. #darktourism
We invite contributions to an edited volume, "Dark Tourism Rituals and Micro-Rituals: Performance, Negotiation and Meaning-Making" (Channel View Publications). Please send your abstracts to me at nitashar.iu@gmail.com or Dr. Daniel Olsen at dholsen@byu.edu. #darktourism
On Halloween Eve (30 Oct, 6pm GMT), join us for a magical journey into tourism’s enchanted side! From festivals & fantasy worlds to heritage, folklore & greener futures, this webinar uncovers how magical tourism is reshaping visitor experiences. ⭐️🪄🏰 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...
September 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
On Halloween Eve (30 Oct, 6pm GMT), join us for a magical journey into tourism’s enchanted side! From festivals & fantasy worlds to heritage, folklore & greener futures, this webinar uncovers how magical tourism is reshaping visitor experiences. ⭐️🪄🏰 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/exploring-...
Glad to be featured in this very comprehensive article by Sneha Mahale published by The New Indian Express on dark tourism, and sharing space with some brilliant friends and experts who work on this topic. www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/ma... #darktourism
July 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Glad to be featured in this very comprehensive article by Sneha Mahale published by The New Indian Express on dark tourism, and sharing space with some brilliant friends and experts who work on this topic. www.newindianexpress.com/amp/story/ma... #darktourism
Honored to have been one of the speakers today at a session on #Darktourism at the 19th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine at NOLA. I spoke about dark tourism, trauma and mental health and potential areas of intervention. #CISTM19
May 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Honored to have been one of the speakers today at a session on #Darktourism at the 19th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine at NOLA. I spoke about dark tourism, trauma and mental health and potential areas of intervention. #CISTM19
This is a good example of tourism and marketplace feminism and the timing couldn't have been more bad! As rightly said by the author .."Space tourism is not feminism. It is consumer capitalism, at its most inaccessible". #Spacetourism #ethics www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...
The reality of Katy Perry and Gayle King's Blue Origin space flight
I’m all for women’s progress and liberation. But calling this a win for women feels outright delusional.
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April 16, 2025 at 1:19 AM
This is a good example of tourism and marketplace feminism and the timing couldn't have been more bad! As rightly said by the author .."Space tourism is not feminism. It is consumer capitalism, at its most inaccessible". #Spacetourism #ethics www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/rc...
The kind of good and encouraging news in life that keeps you going in the midst of academic turmoil and depressing socio-political climate! #AAG2025 #AmericanAssociationofGeographers #AAGRTS #darktourism #tourismgeographies @tourismgeographies.bsky.social
March 25, 2025 at 2:29 PM
The kind of good and encouraging news in life that keeps you going in the midst of academic turmoil and depressing socio-political climate! #AAG2025 #AmericanAssociationofGeographers #AAGRTS #darktourism #tourismgeographies @tourismgeographies.bsky.social
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🌏 On "Narco tourism - fascination with true crime, drugs and cartels is popular - tourists should take a moment to consider how they might feel if someone who had murdered their loved ones became a souvenir fridge magnet to remember their country by."
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Colombia wants to ban Pablo Escobar and other narco-themed merchandise – here’s why
Colombia’s history as a drug trafficking hub still plays a major role in attracting visitors to the country.
theconversation.com
March 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
🌏 On "Narco tourism - fascination with true crime, drugs and cartels is popular - tourists should take a moment to consider how they might feel if someone who had murdered their loved ones became a souvenir fridge magnet to remember their country by."
theconversation.com/colombia-wan...
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Fellow geographers, why are we not talking about this?? 😱😳👇🏼
Google Maps just made the switch from Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America.
Google Maps just made the switch from Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America.
February 11, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Fellow geographers, why are we not talking about this?? 😱😳👇🏼
Google Maps just made the switch from Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America.
Google Maps just made the switch from Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America.
Grief has different dimensions and "ecological grief" is the grief felt in relation to experiences or anticipated ecological losses, including the loss of species, ecosystems and meaningful landscapes due to acute or chronic environmental change.
People Are Grieving Ecosystem Loss. How Can Public Land Managers Plan Accordingly? - Eos
From hordes rushing into national parks to mourners holding glacier funerals, tourists wanting to take in threatened natural places may be shifting visitation patterns.
eos.org
January 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Grief has different dimensions and "ecological grief" is the grief felt in relation to experiences or anticipated ecological losses, including the loss of species, ecosystems and meaningful landscapes due to acute or chronic environmental change.
"Global tourism fully recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2024 with 1.4 billion international tourist arrivals recorded worldwide due to "robust" demand from key markets.
A majority of destinations welcomed more international tourists in 2024 than they did before the pandemic..."
A majority of destinations welcomed more international tourists in 2024 than they did before the pandemic..."
Global tourism is back to pre-COVID highs
Global tourism generated nearly $1.6 trillion (about ¥250 trillion) in 2024, about 3% more than the previous year and 4% more than in 2019.
www.japantimes.co.jp
January 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
"Global tourism fully recovered from the COVID-19 pandemic in 2024 with 1.4 billion international tourist arrivals recorded worldwide due to "robust" demand from key markets.
A majority of destinations welcomed more international tourists in 2024 than they did before the pandemic..."
A majority of destinations welcomed more international tourists in 2024 than they did before the pandemic..."