iarjtbmIARJTBMIARJTBM2789-6021https://doi.org/10.47310/iarjtbm.2024.v04i01.001Black Tourism and Its Impact on Activating the International Tourism SectorRadhiHammoudJassimUniversity of Kerbala - College of Tourism Sciences - Department of Tourism Studies, IraqThe study aims to define tourism in general and then define black tourism in particular because the term black tourism has recently appeared as a type of tourism associated with death and suffering and it has emerged recently in an academic field. Therefore, this study aims to shed light on the concept of black tourism and its history and to find out the most important reasons that led to the emergence of this type of tourism, as well as highlight the importance of black tourism in Iraq and its role in raising awareness human nature and the reasons and motivations behind the interest in this tourism, which is called, dim, dark, or black tourism because of their connection with some gloomy and tragic features of humanity, such as death, suffering, and violence; which were behind the transformation of the war fields fighting, and prisons, as well as locations of tragedies, holocausts, massacres, and disasters, tourist destinations, museums and landmarks for black tourism, regardless of its motivation, whether it is inclinations, curiosity, or emotion. Through this study, one can find that worldwide and local governments must make decisions and implement sanctions to suppress terrorist groups in the world, and it is also recommended that it be necessary to pay attention to the families of the Spiker martyrs, honoring them financially and morally, and taking legal interventions against the criminals.