Šveitsis on eutanaasiaturismi tõus vallandanud ägeda ühiskondliku debati. 2011. aastal lükkasid aga Zürichi kantoni valijad eutanaasiaturismi keelustamise ettepaneku rahvahääletusel tagasi. Aasta hiljem hääletas Šveitsi parlament maha ettepaneku kehtestada eutanaasia üle rangem kontroll.
The specific aims of this paper are to describe the emerging phenomenon of death tourism and situate it as a form of dark tourism, to present briefly the social and legal aspects of assisted suicide in conjunction within the tourism industry, and to conclude with how the trend of death tourism is potentially spreading to other countries beyond Europe.