Conflict/military regions & memorials
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MaaikevanKuijk
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie #pttravel A4: Most recently Bastogne War Museum (Belgium). All about the Battle of the Bulge. Incredibly impressive with an interactive storyline-style exhibition
kate_frankie
RT @RTWBarefoot: @kate_frankie #pttravel A4: Also, I visited a museum in Chile that had previously been a prison and torture centre under P…
RTWBarefoot
RT @MaaikevanKuijk: @kate_frankie #pttravel A4: Most recently Bastogne War Museum (Belgium). All about the Battle of the Bulge. Incredibly…
kate_frankie
RT @aok_NW: A4 #pttravel I’ve been to several. Cu Chi Tunnel in Vietnam stands out. You can actually buy ammunition & shoot a rifle on th…
kate_frankie
#PTTravel Chat
Q5 Do you believe it is dark tourism to promote places of conflict or to make attractions about this topic & why/why not?
kate_frankie
RT @NomadKeith: A4 #PTTravel The Toul Sleng Genocide Museum in Phnom Penh. I couldn't finish the tour; just went and sat in silence for a w…
kate_frankie
RT @JKatzaman: A4 A few years ago we visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. It includes models of things that show the worst that…
kate_frankie
RT @RTWBarefoot: #pttravel A4: also, I've been to this one, in Ethiopia. For similar reasons.
https://t.co/CX2aHItPxK
BPackersGuide
A4 There also is a good war museum in Kiev with many exhibit from Nazis. As a German it felt a bit strange when other visitors realized that I could read German documents and engravings #pttravel
RTWBarefoot
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie #pttravel A4: obvs I've also been to the WW1 museum in Passendale, in Belgium. And the General Patton WW2 museum in Ettelbruck, Luxembourg.
aok_NW
A4 #pttravel I tried to post these earlier, but was having computer problems. This was Arlington Cemetery's changing of the guard at the tomb of the unknown. Rediscovered pics from 2000.
RTWBarefoot
RT @BPackersGuide: A4 There also is a good war museum in Kiev with many exhibit from Nazis. As a German it felt a bit strange when other vi…
RTWBarefoot
RT @JKatzaman: A4 A few years ago we visited the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. It includes models of things that show the worst that…
Morology
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot @kate_frankie Yes, was early 1990's sometime. Wanted to wander around awhile then catch a flight to Darwin I had heard about. Was told there was no such flight. #pttravel
NomadKeith
A5 #PTTravel Of course, mention should be made of them, but they shouldn't be actively promoted, or touted as an 'attraction'
RTWBarefoot
replying to @kate_frankie
@kate_frankie #pttravel A5: It's no different to reading about it in a textbook in a history lesson? Indeed some of these places, they're not even taught in our schools in history. So think of them as 'history come alive'.
Without history, we are blindly heading forward into chaos.
RTWBarefoot
RT @Morology: @RTWBarefoot @kate_frankie Yes, was early 1990's sometime. Wanted to wander around awhile then catch a flight to Darwin I had…
MaaikevanKuijk
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot @kate_frankie We didn't have enough time last summer to visit the General Patton Museum (and we already visited Bastogne War Museum). Would you say it's worth it? #pttravel
JKatzaman
A5 Although memorials can be hard to see, the alternative of forgetting and repeating history is far worse. #PTTravel
vickyinglis13
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie A4. The museum of the Gold Coast regiment in Kumasi, Ghana was really interesting. We don't learn colonial history + they were so instrumental to independence from the UK. The Ghanaian army were very involved in African peacekeeping, so I learned a lot about Rwanda too #PTTravel
BPackersGuide
A5 I think we are responsible to make sure that certain events in history are not forgotten. Wars and conflicts are part of that. Traveling for me is not being on vacation. If you truly want to explore our world, there is no way around "dark" chapters of history #pttravel
RTWBarefoot
replying to @Morology @Morology @kate_frankie When I was at Uni, 93-95, "Free East Timor" was *the* student activism call-to-action of choice. #pttravel As a result the name stayed with me for years so when I was plotting a world trip in 2014, it was always high on the list. "To see what the fuss was about."
RTWBarefoot
replying to @MaaikevanKuijk @MaaikevanKuijk @kate_frankie I actually thought it was quite well done, lots of life-sized dioramas etc. #pttravel
MaaikevanKuijk
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie #pttravel A5: It's important to highlight history, whether it's dark or not. Dark tourism could especially benefit education I think. What happened in the past and what can we learn from it to avoid it happening in the future
RTWBarefoot
RT @vickyinglis13: @kate_frankie A4. The museum of the Gold Coast regiment in Kumasi, Ghana was really interesting. We don't learn colonia…
RTWBarefoot
replying to @vickyinglis13 @vickyinglis13 @kate_frankie yes, agreed. I saw that museum too. #pttravel
MaaikevanKuijk
replying to @RTWBarefoot @RTWBarefoot @kate_frankie Agreed. Education being the key here #pttravel
RTWBarefoot
RT @MaaikevanKuijk: @RTWBarefoot @kate_frankie Agreed. Education being the key here #pttravel
BPackersGuide
replying to @JKatzaman @JKatzaman I think it is not only about not forgetting but also about comprehending what war actually is since many people "play" way in computer games or watch movies about it. Good memorials and museums help us to understand what being in a war actually means #PTTravel
MaaikevanKuijk
replying to @BPackersGuide @BPackersGuide Really well said. Both positive and negative aspects of history make up the life story of a destination #pttravel
kate_frankie
RT @Morology: @RTWBarefoot @kate_frankie Landed in Timor once. Indonesian military types said no and put me back on the plane. #pttravel
kate_frankie
RT @Morology: @RTWBarefoot @kate_frankie Yes, was early 1990's sometime. Wanted to wander around awhile then catch a flight to Darwin I had…
aok_NW
A5 #pttravel That's a deep question. I think if people want to go, they should be able to. There's a lot of dark tourism out there. Going to see Chernobyl could be considered dark tourism, but people want to see it including me. I guess it's in the eyes of the beholder.
kate_frankie
RT @RTWBarefoot: @Morology @kate_frankie When I was at Uni, 93-95, "Free East Timor" was *the* student activism call-to-action of choice. #…
vickyinglis13
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie A5. Yes, but dark tourism has its place, where it can inform + educate without exploiting the stories of victims and survivors. #PTTravel
kate_frankie
RT @MaaikevanKuijk: @kate_frankie #pttravel A4: Most recently Bastogne War Museum (Belgium). All about the Battle of the Bulge. Incredibly…
Morology
replying to @kate_frankie @kate_frankie A5: I find the tourism industry as a whole to be annoying. I do not travel to see such places. They are there, and I just happen to be there and visit awhile. #pttravel
kate_frankie
RT @BPackersGuide: A4 There also is a good war museum in Kiev with many exhibit from Nazis. As a German it felt a bit strange when other vi…
RTWBarefoot
RT @BPackersGuide: A5 I think we are responsible to make sure that certain events in history are not forgotten. Wars and conflicts are part…
kate_frankie
RT @RTWBarefoot: @kate_frankie #pttravel A4: obvs I've also been to the WW1 museum in Passendale, in Belgium. And the General Patton WW2 mu…
RTWBarefoot
RT @BPackersGuide: @JKatzaman I think it is not only about not forgetting but also about comprehending what war actually is since many peop…
kate_frankie
RT @aok_NW: A4 #pttravel I tried to post these earlier, but was having computer problems. This was Arlington Cemetery's changing of the gu…
kate_frankie
RT @NomadKeith: A5 #PTTravel Of course, mention should be made of them, but they shouldn't be actively promoted, or touted as an 'attractio…
kate_frankie
RT @RTWBarefoot: @kate_frankie #pttravel A5: It's no different to reading about it in a textbook in a history lesson? Indeed some of these…
kate_frankie
RT @MaaikevanKuijk: @RTWBarefoot @kate_frankie We didn't have enough time last summer to visit the General Patton Museum (and we already vi…
kate_frankie
RT @JKatzaman: A5 Although memorials can be hard to see, the alternative of forgetting and repeating history is far worse. #PTTravel
kate_frankie
RT @vickyinglis13: @kate_frankie A4. The museum of the Gold Coast regiment in Kumasi, Ghana was really interesting. We don't learn colonia…
kate_frankie
RT @BPackersGuide: A5 I think we are responsible to make sure that certain events in history are not forgotten. Wars and conflicts are part…
BPackersGuide
replying to @BPackersGuide @JKatzaman I meant "war" not "way". Even my auto correction doesn't like war. #PTTravel