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oapen-20.500.12657-236212024-03-22T19:23:01Z Tourism and Travel during the Cold War Bechmann Pedersen, Sune Noack, Christian tourism travel cold war experiences tourists iron curtain thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences 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. 2019-12-09 13:24:21 2020-04-01T09:23:31Z 2020-04-01T09:23:31Z 2019 book 1006525 OCN: 1135854839 9780429201127 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/23621 eng Taylor & Francis Routledge 7b3c7b10-5b1e-40b3-860e-c6dd5197f0bb 2ed516a5-3a01-45a7-9ece-932a37551697 9780429201127 Routledge 214 open access
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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.
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