Introduction peace and tourism: friends not foes.

Moufakkir, Omar; Kelly, Ian

doi:10.1079/9781845936778.a

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“…This can be seen in the global tourism-related institutions discourse of the WTTC (2016) and the UNWTO (2018) that highlight the transformative power of tourism to contribute to peace through the improvement of human relations. The role of tourism in establishing peace is reported in numerous studies (Becken & Carmignani, 2016;Blanchard & Higgins-Desbiolles, 2013b;D'Amore, 1988;Farmaki, 2017;Gelbman, 2019;Moufakkir & Kelly, 2010). The contribution of tourism in reconciliation efforts in post-conflict settings has also been highlighted in cases including the Former Yugoslavia (Causevic & Lynch, 2011), Cambodia (Winter, 2008), Vietnam (Gillen, 2014), Burundi (Novelli et al, 2012), Cyprus (Farmaki, 2017), Korean Peninsula (Cho, 2007;Kim & Prideaux, 2003), Palestine (Isaac, 2009), Afghanistan (Durko & Petrick, 2016) and China and Taiwan (Rowen, 2014).…”

Section: Peace Through Tourism and Sanctionsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Tourism, peace and sustainability in sanctions-ridden destinations

Seyfi

Hall

Vo‐Thanh

2020

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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Despite the widespread use of sanctions as a foreign policy tool in the absence of armed intervention and as a means to promote peace, there is notable absence of research on the effects of sanctions on the peacebuilding capacity of tourism and their relationship to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This situation is surprising given that both sanctions and tourism are promoted as a force for peace and reconciliation processes. Drawing upon international relations and political science and via semi-structured interviews with key stakeholders in the Iranian tourism and hospitality industry, this study investigates whether sanctions contribute to peace and create an environment suitable for tourism development. The findings indicate how the imposition, relaxation and then reimposition of sanctions by international state actors as a means of peace have paralyzed the Iranian tourism industry through its psychological, sectoral, and societal effects and mobility restrictions. The consequences of sanctions and their sharp contrast with the SDGs are also explored. This study fills a significant gap in tourism research by examining the implications of the application of a widely used coercive geopolitical tool of statecraft in relation to the peace and tourism nexus.

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Section: Peace Through Tourism and Sanctionsmentioning

confidence: 98%

Tourism, peace and sustainability in sanctions-ridden destinations

Seyfi

Hall

Vo‐Thanh

2020

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

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“…They argue that the main contribution of these volunteer tourists concerns the international awareness that they raise to the Palestinian suffering and cause. Generating hope among moderate Palestinians and Israelis is also mentioned by Moufakkir and Kelly (2010) as the main contribution of political tourism to the Holy Land. Other contributions made by volunteering activists in Palestine include documentation of Palestinian life under occupation as well as concrete actions such as removing roadblocks, escorting ambulances through checkpoints and delivering food and water to families under curfew (Higgins-Desbioles, 2013).…”

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The touristification of a conflict zone: The case of Bil’in

Belhassen

Uriely

Assor

2014

Annals of Tourism Research

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“…This article aims to address this research gap. While some tourism scholars point to the educational benefits of conflict-related tourism (Bell 2009;Causevic 2010;Moufakkir and Kelly 2010), critical scholars are quick to articulate the problematic need to simplify narratives of conflict and pain for mass consumption to meet present needs (Cole 1999;Gilmore 2010;Lisle 2004;Loewen 1995;Rothe 2011;Sturken 2007). Journalists as narrators of the memories and image makers are crucial agents in putting the past into the perspective of the present (Volkmer 2006;Zelizer 2008).…”

Section: Memory Media and Journalismmentioning

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Branding Post-War Sarajevo

Volčić¹,

Erjavec²,

Peak³

2013

Journalism Studies

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After the violent wars of the 1990s, Bosnia and Herzegovina is heavily promoting its tourism industry with the capital city of Sarajevo as the prime destination. Sarajevo became a city of death during 1992-1995, and its siege remains etched in local and global memories as a time of bombing, horrific shelling of locals, and brutal destruction of the city's cultural heritage. Today Sarajevo faces many dilemmas, including how to remember the 1990s trauma and how to represent the city to citizens and foreign visitors. Here we explore how Sarajevo journalists remember the city's recent violent conflict, and how war memory becomes commodified and branded for tourism. Furthermore, we analyse how prominent global media represent Sarajevo as a tourism destination after the war. On the basis of in-depth interviews with Sarajevo journalists, and an analysis of travel reviews in prominent international publications, we argue that Sarajevo is a place where branding and memories converge. Sarajevo is transformed into a tourist attraction where trauma of the past is being sold, while promising some authentic path towards understanding the violent past. Local journalists and global media alike frame the city as a "brand" while celebrating the inherent authenticity of post-war travel in order to promote and sell Sarajevo.

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Introduction peace and tourism: friends not foes.

Abstract: This introduction offers some conceptual discussion on peace, the contribution of tourism to the pursuit of peace, and the role of tourism education in the light of the peace proposition, before providing a preview of the individual book chapters.

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Tourism, peace and sustainability in sanctions-ridden destinations

The touristification of a conflict zone: The case of Bil’in

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