Tourism : a tool for crafting peace process in Kashmir, J&K, India
Part of : Tourismos : an international multidiciplinary journal of tourism ; Vol.4, No.2, 2009, pages 69-89
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Among the positive benefits attributed to the social and cultural aspects of tourismare the promotion of goodwill, understanding and peace among people acrosscultures. The role of tourism as an ambassador and vehicle of internationalunderstanding and peace has even been acknowledged by the United Nations.World Tourism Conference in 1960 in Manila has declared that tourism as a vitalforce for world peace since it brings both “hosts” and “guests” together to learnabout peace by understanding and appreciating diverse cultural issues. Kashmirdespite of a major tourist destination, the spread of terrorism especially duringthe last two decades have hindered the smooth growth of tourism industry. Thusfollowing the principle of tourism as a strategic tool to counter terrorism, thepresent research is conducted to study the tourism’s contribution to the peacebuilding in Kashmir in terms of residents’ and tourists’ perception. The researchconcludes that tourism has a significant contribution towards peace building inthe study area and the study also suggests a strategic model based on developingguest-host relationship.
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tourism, terrorism, Kashmir, peace
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