Tourism is a vital tool for political and economic change. With international contributions from experienced individuals, this book cover general themes and issues, with three thematic sections with original chapters, and a concluding section. It covers a variety of international political changes at different scales and their resulting effects.

Introduction; Politics and Tourism: Interdependency and Implications in Understanding Change; Part I: Unification/Reunification, 3 German Reunification and Tourism in Berlin, 4 The European Union: Between the Global and the National, and Between Neo-Liberalism and Interventionism, 5 The Implications and Effects of the Handover of Colonies – Macau; Part II: Increasing Autonomy, 6 Devolution – Towards Independence: Tourism in Scotland in the 21st Century, 7 Political Change and Tourism in Arctic Canada, 8 Central and Eastern Europe: the End of the Soviet Union and its Satellites; Part III:Normalisation/Opening, 9 Tourism as an Instrument of Foreign Policy: the U.S Trade Embargo on Cuba, 10 Arab Politics and Tourism: Political Change and Tourism in the Great Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, 11 From Apartheid to a ‘Managed Revolution’: Tourism Development and the Transition in South Africa, 12 Tourism and Political Transition in Reform-Era Vietnam; Part IV: Political Unrest, 13 Tourism and Political Change in Nepal, 14 Political Change and Tourism: Coups in Fiji, 15 Iran or Persia: What’s in a Name? The Decline and Fall of a Tourism Industry; Part V: Changes in Political Relations, 16 Does Tourism have a Role in Promoting Peace on the Korean Peninsula?, 17 The Opening of the Ledra Crossing in Nicosia: Social and Economic Consequences, 18 Politics on Ice – Tourism in Antarctica, Conclusions, 19 Conclusions; Index