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Book SynopsisElgar Research Agendas outline the future of research in a given area. Leading scholars are given the space to explore their subject in provocative ways, and map out the potential directions of travel. They are relevant but also visionary.
This highly prescient Research Agenda critically examines the delicate intersection of peace and tourism and proposes further research in order to explore how tourism may contribute to peace or, conversely, hinder the peacebuilding efforts of destinations in conflict.
Anna Farmaki brings together a wealth of expertise from scholars who present the peace and tourism nexus from a variety of different perspectives, using both empirical evidence and conceptual research to support cases. Chapters discuss tourism as a peace-builder, the acceptance of dark tourism, a gender approach to peace through tourism, and corporate social responsibility as a contributor to peace in conflict-ridden situations. This innovative and forward-thinking Research Agenda provides a vital contribution to this burgeoning area of research, carrying implications for local communities, tourist destinations and wider society at large in conjunction with the UN’s 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda.
Providing a much-needed re-examination of the connection between peace and tourism, this book will prove essential reading for students, academics and researchers interested in human geography, political geography and geopolitics, tourism management and business and management. Considering many practical outcomes of tourism policy, this book will also benefit professionals working in tourism, foreign policy, public policy and international relations.
Trade Review‘This book brings together a fascinating range of perspectives on the role that tourism can play in promoting peace. By covering issues including the role of the media, social movements, dark tourism sites and education the expertly edited book provides a stepping-stone for renewed scholarly enquiry into this important area of research.’ -- Bruce Prideaux, Central Queensland University, Australia
‘Whether tourism leads to peace or not has been a subject of debate for several decades. In this edited volume, a diverse group of contributors offers several fresh perspectives regarding this topic. Anyone who is interested in this research area should consider adding this book to their collection.’ -- Dimitri Ioannides, Mid Sweden University, Sweden
Table of ContentsContents: Preface xiii 1 Critical debates surrounding the peace and tourism nexus 1 Anna Farmaki 2 Times of warfare and peace: tourism as a peace-builder? 17 Maximiliano Korstanje 3 Media, animosity and peace through tourism 35 Anna Farmaki 4 Peace, social justice and the preservation of cultural heritage in tourism 49 Craig Webster 5 Dark tourism acceptance and peacebuilding in troubled destinations 69 Vasilis Papavasiliou, Elena Malkawi and Maria Hadjielia Drotarova 6 The ecclesial cultural parks in Italy as places of inner peace: an investigation of the perceptions of stakeholders 89 Filippo Grasso and Marco Platania 7 The peace and conflict duet: a complex systems perspective 105 Jalayer Khalilzadeh 8 Reflections on researching tourism and peace 121 Jack Shepherd and Mónica Guasca 9 The metaphorical perceptions of tourism students on the relationship between tourism and peace 139 Dilara Bahtiyar Sari and Metin Sürme 10 Women and peace: a gender approach to peace through tourism 157 Fiona Bakas and Anna Farmaki 11 Peace prospects through border and cross-border tourism 175 Rohit Chauhan 12 Corporate social responsibility: a contributor to peace in conflict-ridden destinations? 193 Anna Farmaki and Dimitriοs Stergiou Index
