TOURISM COOPERATION AND PEACE - AN EXAMPLE FROM THE DIVIDED NATION OF KOREA
Abstract
At the end of 1996, international tourist arrivals reached 600 million, generating US $423billion. By the year 2020 tourist arrivals will reach to 1.6 million (WTO, 1997). Despite thestrength of global tourist demand, many destinations especially in the third world, arefacing fluctuations in tourist arrivals, due to unsafe political conditions. Richter (1992, p.36) points at the fifth critical element 'S'-security, in addition to four favourable 'S's' (sun,sea, sand, sax) which are often seen as the core of developing a nation's tourist appeal. This paper addresses a number of key issues related to tourism cooperation and peace,using the case study of the divided nation between South Korea and North Korea. Theresearch and analysis of this case includes both theory and facts. The theoretical conceptsare of two kinds: theories on division and political boundary and theories on peace andtourism. The purpose of this paper is to expose the current economic condition of thetourism industry in South and North Korea, and the suggested options for tourismcooperation.
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