ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the memoryscapes in Singapore in terms of the relationship between their roles as sites of war pilgrimage and national formation. It also explains the Fort Siloso, a former battle fortification which played a marginal role during the Second World War, now an attraction in Singapore, to consider the ways in which its producers have sought to balance how history has represented in the light of its nation-building and tourism objectives. The fort also exemplifies the nature of 'dark tourism' sites to provide edutainment within its boundaries. In relation to 'dark tourism', this may be exemplified in the ways in which people today could learn much about- sites related to- wars without being a tourist. It is clear therefore that tourism was the main driving factor for the existence, and development, of the fort as an attraction. Another criticism that has been levelled pertains not specifically to the fort but forts more generally on or nearby Sentosa Island.
