Tourism and hospitality in conflict-ridden destinations / Rami K. Isaac, Erdinç Çakmak and Richard Butler.

By: Isaac, Rami K [author.]Contributor(s): Cakmak, Erdinc [author.] | Butler, Richard, 1943- [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Publisher: Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY : Routledge, 2019Copyright date: © 2019Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 265 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 0429463235; 9780429463235; 9780429872006; 0429872003; 9780429872020; 042987202X; 9780429872013; 0429872011Subject(s): Tourism -- Political aspects | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General | BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Hospitality, Travel & TourismDDC classification: 338.4/791 LOC classification: G155.A1 | I82 2019Online resources: Taylor & Francis | OCLC metadata license agreement
Contents:
1. Introduction -- Part 1. Contemporary issues in tourism and hospitality in conflict-ridden destinations -- 2. Tourism and conflict: A framework for examining risk versus satisfaction -- 3. Tourism, border disputes and claims to territorial sovereignty -- 4. The attitudes of the Dutch Market towards safety and security -- 5. Building destination resilience through community and organizational resilience -- Part 2. Tourism and hospitality in conflict situations -- 6. On killing the "toured object": Anti-terrorist fantasy, touristic edgework and morbid consumption in the illegal settlements in West Bank, Palestine -- 7. Tourism as a tool for peace? Between the lines -- Thandaung Gyi in Kayin State, Myanmar -- 8. Tourism in Chilas, Pakistan: A destination under crises -- 9. The moderation effect of branding on destination image in a crisis-ridden destination, Zimbabwe -- 10. Dystopian dark tourism, fan subculture and the ongoing Nakba in Banksy's walled Off heterotopia -- 11. The PEGIDA movement and social conflict in Dresden, Germany: An investigation of the impacts of far right populism on tourism in Europe -- Part 3. Tourism and hospitality in post-conflict destinations -- 12. Memorial entrepreneurs and dissonances in post-conflict tourism -- 13. Taking tourism matters into own hands: Phoenix tourism in Moravia, Medellín, Colombia -- 14. Narrating the Scars of Sarajevo: Reminiscent Memories of War and Tragedy in the Landscape -- 15. Bangkok street food-conflicting visions of modernity -- 16. Post-conflict tourism development in Northern Ireland: moving beyond murals and dark sites associated with its past -- 17. Visitor-host encounters in post-conflict destinations: The case of Cyprus -- Part 4. Conclusion.
Summary: Tourism and Hospitality in Conf lict-Ridden Destinations provides insight into the various types of current and post-conf lict destinations worldwide and the steps that might be taken to transform them into future tourist destinations. Through both a conceptual and demonstrative approach, this book examines the steps destination management organizations as well as destination marketers need to take in order to improve their image in the eye of potential tourists. It also questions the extent to which tourism can alter the image of a destination and the possible destination marketing strategies that can be undertaken. Analysis of a wide selection of international case studies in countries ranging from Palestine to Myanmar to Northern Ireland provides a thorough and far-reaching academic study. Written by an international and multidisciplinary team of leading academics, this book will be of great interest to students, researchers and academics in the tourism as well as development studies disciplines.
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1. Introduction -- Part 1. Contemporary issues in tourism and hospitality in conflict-ridden destinations -- 2. Tourism and conflict: A framework for examining risk versus satisfaction -- 3. Tourism, border disputes and claims to territorial sovereignty -- 4. The attitudes of the Dutch Market towards safety and security -- 5. Building destination resilience through community and organizational resilience -- Part 2. Tourism and hospitality in conflict situations -- 6. On killing the "toured object": Anti-terrorist fantasy, touristic edgework and morbid consumption in the illegal settlements in West Bank, Palestine -- 7. Tourism as a tool for peace? Between the lines -- Thandaung Gyi in Kayin State, Myanmar -- 8. Tourism in Chilas, Pakistan: A destination under crises -- 9. The moderation effect of branding on destination image in a crisis-ridden destination, Zimbabwe -- 10. Dystopian dark tourism, fan subculture and the ongoing Nakba in Banksy's walled Off heterotopia -- 11. The PEGIDA movement and social conflict in Dresden, Germany: An investigation of the impacts of far right populism on tourism in Europe -- Part 3. Tourism and hospitality in post-conflict destinations -- 12. Memorial entrepreneurs and dissonances in post-conflict tourism -- 13. Taking tourism matters into own hands: Phoenix tourism in Moravia, Medellín, Colombia -- 14. Narrating the Scars of Sarajevo: Reminiscent Memories of War and Tragedy in the Landscape -- 15. Bangkok street food-conflicting visions of modernity -- 16. Post-conflict tourism development in Northern Ireland: moving beyond murals and dark sites associated with its past -- 17. Visitor-host encounters in post-conflict destinations: The case of Cyprus -- Part 4. Conclusion.

Tourism and Hospitality in Conf lict-Ridden Destinations provides insight into the various types of current and post-conf lict destinations worldwide and the steps that might be taken to transform them into future tourist destinations. Through both a conceptual and demonstrative approach, this book examines the steps destination management organizations as well as destination marketers need to take in order to improve their image in the eye of potential tourists. It also questions the extent to which tourism can alter the image of a destination and the possible destination marketing strategies that can be undertaken. Analysis of a wide selection of international case studies in countries ranging from Palestine to Myanmar to Northern Ireland provides a thorough and far-reaching academic study. Written by an international and multidisciplinary team of leading academics, this book will be of great interest to students, researchers and academics in the tourism as well as development studies disciplines.

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