Abstract
With the movement of Russian troops into the Crimean peninsula, and the subsequent vote on secession from Ukraine and joining with Russia, many voices wanted to be heard. The focus of this study is to provide insight as to the views from an interested, but arguably neutral player in the discussion; the second largest country in the world, but one with the third largest population of those with Ukrainian heritage outside of Ukraine and Russia, Canada. Newspaper articles from the period of the crisis from February and March 2014 were collected and analyzed. The articles were published in three national newspapers and also three newspapers with a significant population of those with Ukrainian heritage. Evidence from this sample of suggests that there was a dominance of negative coverage as to the role of Russia consistent with prior research. The articles reviewed were found to present non-neutral coverage particularly through opinion pieces, which also tended to be both longer and more frequently published than neutral, or alternative articles.
Highlights
The fall of the Iron Curtain and the enlargements of the European Union during the past decade resulted in the economic and political integration of a number of postcommunist Eastern European countries
In contrast to the 3-star category 4-star hotels in Eastern European capitals perform significantly better compared to the other regions
The findings of the analysis provide insights into how travelers reported their experiences with hotels on Tripadvisor in different European capitals
Summary
The fall of the Iron Curtain and the enlargements of the European Union during the past decade resulted in the economic and political integration of a number of postcommunist Eastern European countries. This had a large impact on the tourism industry in this region. The political developments increased its opportunity to be accessible and attractive for international tourists. For a better understanding of how the Eastern European tourism industry developed with increasing openness and economic integration deeper insights into the current situation in this area are needed. One important dimension that impacts a destination’s image is the quality of the local hotels as perceived by travelers (Law and Cheung, 2010; Tavitiyaman and Qu, 2013)
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