{"title":"Cross-community tourism in Bosnia and Herzegovina: a path to reconciliation?","authors":"E. Aussems","doi":"10.1080/14766825.2016.1169347","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14766825.2016.1169347","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Memory tourism converting war heritage into tourist capital appears to emerge quickly after violent conflicts. This war tourism has an ambiguous role. On the one hand, it can contribute to a reconciliation process by appeasing the memories related to the conflictual past. Yet, on the other hand, if the message imparted by a particular site emphasizes hardships and divergent interpretations of the past, it has the potential of reinforcing existing tensions. Given this ambiguity, the objective of this article is to contribute to the still underdeveloped literature on the topic and to add to a better understanding of tourism as a way of fostering reconciliation. More precisely, through the example of Bosnia and Herzegovina, this contribution aims to highlight the scope and limits of memory tourism in the reconciliation process. To answer this question, the work of two NGOs organizing cross-community visits to sites of memory of each group in the conflict is examined. The results suggest that the dividing or reconciling scope of tourism will eventually depend on its interpretation by the individuals concerned; an interpretation itself influenced by host–visitor relationships and the environment in which they take place. Under certain conditions, memory tourism may therefore take an active part in the reconciliation process.","PeriodicalId":46712,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2016-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14766825.2016.1169347","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59967366","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tourism, conflict and contested heritage in former Yugoslavia","authors":"Patrick Naef, J. Ploner","doi":"10.1080/14766825.2016.1180802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14766825.2016.1180802","url":null,"abstract":"Although, historically, there have always been travellers crossing the Balkan Peninsula, Todorova (1994) notes that early travellers were usually heading for important centres such as Constantinopl...","PeriodicalId":46712,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2016-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14766825.2016.1180802","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59967695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marija Kamber, Theofanis Karafotias, Theodora Tsitoura
{"title":"Dark heritage tourism and the Sarajevo siege","authors":"Marija Kamber, Theofanis Karafotias, Theodora Tsitoura","doi":"10.1080/14766825.2016.1169346","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14766825.2016.1169346","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Sarajevo bears a rich and diverse cultural past, which includes the three distinct periods of the Ottoman occupation (1463–1878), the Austro–Hungarian rule (1878–1914) and the Yugoslav Federation (1945–1989). But the darkest chapter in its long history was about to be written just after Bosnia and Herzegovina was recognized as an independent country in 1992, when the latest war of 1992–1995 unfolded. One of the most distinctive episodes of that war was the siege of Sarajevo. Apart from the open wounds, the Sarajevo siege left behind a painful heritage too. As a matter of course, the goal of this paper is to try to answer some of the crucial questions related to the management of the 1992–1995 war sites in Sarajevo. In our research, we investigate tourists’ motives and expectations for visiting these sites as well as to identify crucial issues in managing ‘dark tourism/heritage’ sites. Moreover, the paper provides an analysis that could be a powerful tool for the different stakeholders to design activities and promote and manage effectively the war-related sites in Sarajevo, depending on the needs and opinion of their public.","PeriodicalId":46712,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2016-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14766825.2016.1169346","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59967361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tourism and the ‘martyred city’: memorializing war in the former Yugoslavia","authors":"Patrick Naef","doi":"10.1080/14766825.2016.1169345","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14766825.2016.1169345","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The present contribution aims to propose a definition of what is often referred to as a ‘martyred city’, a notion widely used in the media and the public sphere, but still largely understudied in academia. By looking at two cities in the former Yugoslavia – Sarajevo and Vukovar – this article presents the way in which a place can be associated with the notion of martyrdom through memorial sites and practices, such as war museums and tourism. The ‘martyred city’ is a way to memorialize past traumatic events, but also a means to achieve diverse agendas and objectives. It is finally stated that the distinction between ‘victims’ and ‘martyrs’ is often blurred, and a shift from the former to the latter can be observed.","PeriodicalId":46712,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2016-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14766825.2016.1169345","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59967303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dissonant heritage and promotion of tourism in the case of Serbian medieval monuments in Kosovo","authors":"J. Pavličìć","doi":"10.1080/14766825.2016.1169349","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14766825.2016.1169349","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT During and after the war in Kosovo in 1999, Serbian medieval monuments were recognised as symbols and bearers of Serbian identity. This led to the fact that among the Albanian population in Kosovo, they were seen as an undesirable legacy – a reflection of centuries of the existence of Serbs in Kosovo. Although the historical value of these monuments, four of which are on the UNESCO World Heritage list of endangered sites, is not disputed, popular tourist publications open an unfounded debate and are used to alienate the historical identity of these places or to promote a distorted interpretation of them. Through popular media representations this paper will touch on the complexity of these monuments as dissonant heritage in the newly established state of Kosovo and its different uses and interpretations in the promotion of tourism.","PeriodicalId":46712,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2016-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14766825.2016.1169349","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59967688","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Memorial policies and restoration of Croatian tourism two decades after the war in former Yugoslavia","authors":"F. Arnaud","doi":"10.1080/14766825.2016.1169348","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14766825.2016.1169348","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Since 2005, tourism in Croatia is growing exponentially, making the country a major tourist destination in Europe. Yet the 1991–1995 war that bloodied the Croatian territory has endangered the tourism sector. On the one hand, the fighting caused the demolition of many infrastructures and the destruction of part of the local architectural heritage. On the other hand, the media coverage of the war and extreme violence of ethnic cleansing campaigns frightened international customers, who fled the destination. Therefore, actors of tourism promotion have worked, since the end of the war to overshadow the conflict by transforming the image of Croatia in the international arena, focusing on its belonging to the Mediterranean area and on the originality of the destination. This marketing strategy has been accompanied by an invisibiliza tion of the war, in places dedicated to tourism in order to promote an idyllic image of the destination. Nevertheless, this concealment is not symptomatic of the place of the memory of war in contemporary Croatian society. Instead, the memory is ubiquitous in the Croatian public space. It participates in the redefinition of the post-Yugoslav national identity and ethnic boundaries, it articulates with the memory of W orld W ar II, and represents a political lever that various political factions and civil society actors are competing for.","PeriodicalId":46712,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2016-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14766825.2016.1169348","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59967417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Second World War monuments in Yugoslavia as witnesses of the past and the future","authors":"Vladana Putnik","doi":"10.1080/14766825.2016.1169344","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14766825.2016.1169344","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Memorializing the victims of the Second World War was an important part of the cultural and political propaganda in the socialist Yugoslavia. The heroes and the victims of war were remembered through numerous memorials, finding their place in the collective memory of the Yugoslav people. During the socialist period, many school excursions were arranged, but for more than 20 years these memorial sites were dropped from tourist and educational programmes. Today, after the passage of time, it is possible to discuss a complicated collective past. In this paper, the phenomenon of the Second World War memorials, their significance in the socialist Yugoslavia, their decline during the 1990s and increasing popularity at the beginning of the twenty-first century are considered. By analysing the way contemporary society experiences socialist memorials, it can be further considered how they can be represented as an important part of cultural heritage. The main purpose of this research is to point out the significance of memorial parks in Yugoslav socialist society, as well as to define their status today and finally to suggest ideas for their interpretation and presentation today.","PeriodicalId":46712,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2016-05-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14766825.2016.1169344","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59967293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Literature, tourism and the city: writing and cultural change","authors":"S. Carson, L. Hawkes, K. Gíslason, Kate Cantrell","doi":"10.1080/14766825.2016.1165237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14766825.2016.1165237","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Today national and regional tourism organizations look to sophisticated cultural tourism programmes to enhance the visitor experience for tourists of their particular city. Yet research indicates that a challenge exists in designing and implementing programmes that take full advantage of a city’s historical and emergent literary cultures. In this paper, we offer critical insights into how literary cultural heritage can foster the development of an integrated and dynamic approach and provide the experience sought by local and global tourists. International exemplars are cited together with an analysis of the Australian city of Brisbane that describes itself as a ‘new world city’. The findings of our research show that programmes that harness diverse literary cultures, rather than adhering to a single literary representation, are better equipped to build identity and thus extend cultural tourism potential.","PeriodicalId":46712,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2016-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14766825.2016.1165237","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59967238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The relevance of the tangible and intangible social impacts of tourism on selected South African communities","authors":"Marco Scholtz, E. Slabbert","doi":"10.1080/14766825.2015.1031796","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14766825.2015.1031796","url":null,"abstract":"Most tourism social impact studies emphasise tangible social impacts such as economic improvement. In developing countries such as South Africa, a small percentage of tangible benefits filter down to community level. This creates a problem as various studies revealed the importance of community support for the sustainability of the tourism industry. Therefore it was important to explore the role of both the tangible and the intangible social impacts of tourism. Communities with established tourism industries (Clarens, Soweto and Jeffreys Bay) formed part of the quantitative research. Through exploratory factor analyses, 31 social impact statements could be categorised into four tangible and two intangible impacts. The tangible factor Economic improvement obtained a low rating, meaning that it was not directly experienced by residents, while the intangible factor Community pride and upliftment obtained the highest rating among all factors. This, together with the fact that community members continue their support for the tourism industry, is a novel find, indicating the significant role of intangible social impacts in fostering community support. This finding shows the importance of incorporating intangible social impacts into tourism planning in developing countries. Contributions are made towards social impact research methodology and literature.","PeriodicalId":46712,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2016-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14766825.2015.1031796","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59967340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluating heritage: tourists and holiday visits to heritage sites","authors":"Thu Hoai Thi Trinh, C. Ryan, J. Cave","doi":"10.1080/14766825.2015.1032301","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/14766825.2015.1032301","url":null,"abstract":"This paper analyses ‘top of the mind’ evaluations of respondents who had visited three cultural heritage sites in New Zealand. Unlike many studies, this paper reports data derived from answers written to open-ended questions. The research sought to assess to what extent respondents are purposeful seekers of knowledge, or alternatively are simply seeking experiences that contribute to an overall satisfying visit and to their holiday experiences. While it may be suggested that the needs for relaxation, social bonding and knowledge lead to an evaluation of sites via the importance tourists attributed to factors such as uniqueness, it is found that, for the majority of tourists, uniqueness is either given little importance or is engaged with in shallow ways. The visit to the site is hence evaluated by the contribution it makes to enjoyable holiday-taking, rather than holidaymaking.","PeriodicalId":46712,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2016-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1080/14766825.2015.1032301","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"59967393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"管理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}