Tourism and War

This is the first volume to fully explore the complex relationship between war and tourism by considering its full range of dynamics; including political, psychological, economic and ideological factors at different levels, in different political and geographical locations.

This thought provoking volume contributes to the understanding of the interrelationships between war, peace and tourism in many different parts of the world at different scales. It will be valuable reading for all those interested in this topic as well as dark tourism, battlefield tourism and heritage tourism.

"This volume's 33 contributors to 22 chapters analyze case studies from medieval times to the present in a wide new array of worldwide examples of the relationship between tourism and war." - B. Osborne, CHOICE Vol. 50, No. 07

Autorentext

Richard Butler is Emeritus Professor at in the Strathclyde Business School of Strathclyde University, in Glasgow, Scotland.

Wantanee Suntikul is Assistant Professor in Tourism Planning and Development at the Institute for Tourism Studies in Macao, China.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. Tourism and War: An Ill Wind? 2. Tourism, War and Political Instability: Territorial and Religious Perspectives 3. From the Vietnam War to the 'War on Terror': Tourism, and the Martial Fascination Section 1: Historic Links 4. The Crusade, the Knights Templar and Hospitaller 5. The English Tourist and War, 1500-1800 6. War and Tourism: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Section 2: Tourism Before and During War 7. Tourism Shaped by War 8. Thai Tourism and the Legacy of the Vietnam War 9. Tourism in a Neutral Country Surrounded by War Section 3: Tourism Under Threat of War 10. Living with War: The Korean Truce 11. Development Tourism Alongside Threats of Wars and Atrocities 12. Palestine: Tourism Under Occupation Section 4: Tourism War and the Aftermath 13. An Ironic Paradox: The Longitudinal View on Impacts of the 1990's Homeland War on Tourism in Croatia 14. Tourism in Northern Ireland 15. Echoes of the Great Pacific Conflict 16. Soldiers, Victims and Neon Lights Section 5: Tourism and War Remembrance 17. From Hastings to the Ypres Salient 18. Civil War Tourism 19. Revisiting the War Landscape of Vietnam and Tourism 20. War, Heritage, Tourism, and the Centenary of the Great War in Flanders and Belgium Conclusions 21. Reflections on the Great War Centenary 22. Conclusion