Leisure for Peace? Revisiting the Tourism-Peace Nexus

Tourism is an important aspect of the contemporary international commerce. It accounts for a significant share of the foreign exchange of many nations, especially those with a thriving tourism sector. While scholarly works abound on the economic, cultural and social values of tourism, there has been...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Okoli, Al Chukwuma, Alumona, Ikenna Mike
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências 2020
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/bjir/article/view/10150
http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/71866
_version_ 1782335515140292608
author Okoli, Al Chukwuma
Alumona, Ikenna Mike
author_facet Okoli, Al Chukwuma
Alumona, Ikenna Mike
author_sort Okoli, Al Chukwuma
collection Repositorio
description Tourism is an important aspect of the contemporary international commerce. It accounts for a significant share of the foreign exchange of many nations, especially those with a thriving tourism sector. While scholarly works abound on the economic, cultural and social values of tourism, there has been a debate as regards the utility of tourism as an enabler for peace. This paper interrogates the pacific import of international tourism against the backdrop of the growing significance of the tourism sector globally. By way of a qualitative analysis of secondary data, anchored on the theory of internationalism, the paper interrogates the tourism-peace nexus in the light of emerging insights, positing that international tourism holds potentials that could be leveraged towards promoting international peace and stability.     Recebido em: março/2019 Aprovado em: janeiro/2020.
format info:eu-repo/semantics/article
id clacso-CLACSO71866
institution CLACSO, Repositorio Digital
language Inglés
publishDate 2020
publisher Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências
record_format greenstone
spelling clacso-CLACSO718662022-03-21T17:39:00Z Leisure for Peace? Revisiting the Tourism-Peace Nexus Okoli, Al Chukwuma Alumona, Ikenna Mike Internationalism International tourism Leisure Pacifism Peace Tourism Tourism is an important aspect of the contemporary international commerce. It accounts for a significant share of the foreign exchange of many nations, especially those with a thriving tourism sector. While scholarly works abound on the economic, cultural and social values of tourism, there has been a debate as regards the utility of tourism as an enabler for peace. This paper interrogates the pacific import of international tourism against the backdrop of the growing significance of the tourism sector globally. By way of a qualitative analysis of secondary data, anchored on the theory of internationalism, the paper interrogates the tourism-peace nexus in the light of emerging insights, positing that international tourism holds potentials that could be leveraged towards promoting international peace and stability.     Recebido em: março/2019 Aprovado em: janeiro/2020. 2020-05-02 2022-03-21T17:39:00Z 2022-03-21T17:39:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/bjir/article/view/10150 10.36311/2237-7743.2020.v9n1.03.p8 http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/71866 eng https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/bjir/article/view/10150/6396 Copyright (c) 2020 Brazilian Journal of International Relations application/pdf Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências Brazilian Journal of International Relations; v. 9 n. 1 (2020); 08-22 2237-7743
spellingShingle Internationalism
International tourism
Leisure
Pacifism
Peace
Tourism
Okoli, Al Chukwuma
Alumona, Ikenna Mike
Leisure for Peace? Revisiting the Tourism-Peace Nexus
title Leisure for Peace? Revisiting the Tourism-Peace Nexus
title_full Leisure for Peace? Revisiting the Tourism-Peace Nexus
title_fullStr Leisure for Peace? Revisiting the Tourism-Peace Nexus
title_full_unstemmed Leisure for Peace? Revisiting the Tourism-Peace Nexus
title_short Leisure for Peace? Revisiting the Tourism-Peace Nexus
title_sort leisure for peace? revisiting the tourism-peace nexus
topic Internationalism
International tourism
Leisure
Pacifism
Peace
Tourism
url https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/bjir/article/view/10150
http://biblioteca-repositorio.clacso.edu.ar/handle/CLACSO/71866