Abstract
On 25 September 2015, the United Nations General Assembly adopted an Agenda for Sustainable Development establishing 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to be achieved by 2030, on which states, civil society, and the private sector are called to contribute. In this context, tourism, which is based on billions of encounters between people of diverse cultural backgrounds, is hailed as the industry that can foster tolerance and multicultural and interfaith understanding, laying the groundwork for more peaceful societies. This chapter critically analyses the current discourse on tourism and peace, exploring opportunities and limitations. The authors affirm the urgency for a more complex approach by informing the debate with concepts, theories, and ideas coming from areas different than tourism (cultural anthropology, history, cultural heritage, cultural diplomacy, peace and conflict studies, peace education and sustainability science). The authors focus mainly on the role of cultural heritage and its management as the central hinge in the association between tourism and peace.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Role and Impact of Tourism in Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation |
| Place of Publication | 1799850536 |
| Publisher | IGI Global Publishing |
| Chapter | 1 |
| Pages | 1-15 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781799850540 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781799854081 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- tourism
- cultural heritage
- cultural awarness
- SDG16
- Intercultural dialogue
- intercultural competencies
- Peace
