Dark tourism is a type of travel where tourists visit places that have a dark or morbid history, such as sites of natural disasters, war, accidents, and atrocities. It can also be described as grief or tragedy tourism. There are several synonyms for dark tourism, including thanatourism, which comes from the Greek word "Thanatos" meaning death. Another term is black tourism, which emphasizes the darkness and somberness of the experience. Catastrophe tourism is another synonym used to describe visiting sites of historic disasters, such as Chernobyl or Pompeii. Finally, disaster tourism is a more general term encompassing all types of tragedy, from man-made disasters to natural ones.