A Post-Colonial Analysis of Bilateral Tourism Flows: the Case of Korea and Japan

• Published in: The international journal of tourism research Vol. 14; no. 6; pp. 586 - 600
• Main Authors: Kim, Seongseop, Prideaux, Bruce
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bognor Regis Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.11.2012; Wiley Periodicals Inc
• Subjects: bilateral exchange; colonization; government-to-government; International disputes; International relations; Japan; Korea; people-to-people; post-colonial; Postcolonialism; Studies; Tourism; Trust; South Korea; Japan

ABSTRACT Rapid decolonization began after World War II (1939–1945) and did not conclude until the breakup of the former USSR in 1989. Many studies have labelled tourism as the peace industry. However, there have been limited efforts to analyze post‐colonial tourism exchanges between colonizers and t...