Tourism and Travel during the Cold War
Negotiating Tourist Experiences across the Iron Curtain
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Contributor(s)
Bechmann Pedersen, Sune (editor)
Noack, Christian (editor)
Language
EnglishAbstract
The Iron Curtain was not an impenetrable divide, and contacts between East and West took place regularly and on various levels throughout the Cold War. This book explores how the European tourist industry transcended the ideological fault lines and the communist states attracted an ever-increasing number of Western tourists. Based on extensive original research, it examines the ramifications of tourism, from sun-and-sea package tours to human rights travels, in key Eastern European locations including East Berlin, the Soviet Union, Yugoslavia, and Albania. The book’s analysis of the politics, culture, and history of tourism to the East offers important new perspectives on European tourism in the twentieth century.
Keywords
tourism; travel; cold war; experiences; tourists; iron curtainISBN
9780429201127OCN
1135854839Publisher
Taylor & FrancisPublisher website
https://taylorandfrancis.com/Publication date and place
2019Imprint
RoutledgeClassification
History
Society and Social Sciences