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Tourism, Progress and Peace.
Title:
Tourism, Progress and Peace.
Author:
Moufakkir, O.
ISBN:
9781845937072
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (288 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- The Editors and Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Peace and Tourism: Friends not Foes -- Part I -- 1 Tourism and a Culture of Peace -- 2 Tourism and Intercultural Understanding or Contact Hypothesis Revisited -- 3 Challenging Peace Through Tourism: Placing Tourism in the Context of Human Rights, Justice and Peace -- Part II -- 4 Tourism which Erases Borders: an Introspection into Bosnia and Herzegovina -- 5 Warming up Peace: an Encounter between Egyptian Hosts and Israeli Guests in Sinai -- 6 Border Tourism Attractions as a Space for Presenting and Symbolizing Peace -- 7 The Role of Sport Events in Peace Tourism -- 8 Domestic Tourism and Peace: the Atlanta Peace Trails Experience -- Part III -- 9 Effects of the August 2008 War in Georgia on Tourism and its Resources -- 10 Volunteer Tourism in Palestine: a Normative Perspective -- 11 Re-evaluating Political Tourism in the Holy Land: Towards a Conceptualization of Peace Tourism -- 12 Northern Ireland Re-emerges from the Ashes: the Contribution of Political Tourism towards a More Visited and Peaceful Environment -- 13 How Stable is Peace Linked with Tourism? The Case of Mt Geumgang Tourism Development Project on the Korean Peninsula -- 14 Divided or Reunited? Prospects for the Cyprus Tourism Industry -- 15 Tourism and Reconciliation -- Conclusion -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Abstract:
Tourism has the potential to contribute to world peace, and through appropriate management, to address current realities such as globalization, migration, conflicts, prejudices and poverty. This book discusses the interrelation between peace, conflict resolution and tourism, the role of industry, and the role of the individual.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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