ABSTRACT

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. Issues of peace and tourism are dealt with insofar as they pertain to the effects of war on tourism that emerge after the cessation of hostilities. The book therefore reveals how not only location, but also political strategies, accidents of history, transportation linkages, and economic expediency all have played their role in the development and continuation of tourism before, during, and after wartime. It further show how the effects of war are seldom if ever simply a negation or reversal of the effects of peace on tourism.

The volume draws on a range of examples, from medieval times to the present, to reveal the multi-faceted development of tourism amidst and because of conflict in a wide variety of locations, including the Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, North America, Africa and South East Asia, showing the diverse ways in which tourism and war interacts. In doing so it explores how some locations have been developed as tourist attractions primarily because of war and conflict, e.g. as resting and training places for troops, and others flourished because of the threat of danger from conflicts to more traditional tourist 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.

chapter |35 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|11 pages

Tourism and War

An ill wind?

chapter 2|14 pages

Tourism, War, and Political Instability

Territorial and Religious Perspectives

chapter 3|10 pages

From the Vietnam War to the “War on Terror”

Tourism and the Martial Fascination

part 1|38 pages

Historic Links

chapter 4|10 pages

The Crusades, the Knights Templar, and Hospitaller

A Combination of Religion, War, Pilgrimage, and Tourism Enablers

chapter 6|11 pages

War and Tourism

The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

part 2|44 pages

Tourism before and During War

chapter 7|15 pages

Tourism Shaped by War

The Unusual Evolution of Tourism in the Far Northwest of North America

chapter 9|13 pages

Tourism in a Neutral Country Surrounded by War

The Case of Switzerland

part 3|40 pages

Tourism Under Threat of War

chapter 10|11 pages

Living with War

The Korean Truce

chapter 11|11 pages

Developing Tourism Alongside Threats of Wars and Atrocities

The Case of Israel

chapter 12|16 pages

Palestine

Tourism Under Occupation

part 4|59 pages

Tourism, War and the Aftermath

chapter 13|15 pages

An Ironic Paradox

The Longitudinal View on Impacts of the 1990s Homeland War on Tourism in Croatia

chapter 14|17 pages

Tourism in Northern Ireland

Before Violence, During and Post Violence

chapter 15|12 pages

Echoes of the Great Pacific Conflict

Australia's Regional War Tourism Dividend

chapter 16|13 pages

Soldiers, Victims and Neon Lights

The American Presence in Post-War Japanese Tourism

part 5|54 pages

Tourism and War Remembrance

chapter 17|11 pages

From Hastings to the Ypres Salient

Battlefield Tourism and the Interpretation of Fields of Conflict

chapter 18|13 pages

Civil war tourism

Perspectives from Manassas National Battlefield Park

part |22 pages

Conclusion

chapter 21|15 pages

Reflections on the Great War Centenary

From Warscapes to Memoryscapes in 100 Years

chapter 22|7 pages

Conclusion