Is China’s ‘dark tourism’ turning disaster education into entertainment?

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Are China’s disaster simulations turning survival training into entertainment?

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After years of earthquakes, floods and typhoons, China is seeing growing interest in ‘dark tourism’, where visitors flock to attractions that recreate natural disasters. Al Jazeera’s Katrina Yu reports on how the line between survival training and entertainment is blurring.

Published On 1 Nov 2026

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