Abstract
PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to identify the link between political ideology and the management of tourism in countries. The authors stipulate that the predominant political ideology in the country influences the nature and logic of state interventions in the tourism industry.Design/methodology/approachThe paper elaborates several case studies from various countries – Bulgaria, Cyprus, Scandinavia, Russia, USA, China, Japan, Indonesia, and North Korea.FindingsCountries with predominant (neo)liberal ideology do not typically interfere in tourism regulation, while nationalism leads governments to stimulate inbound and domestic tourism. Communist ideological approaches tend to be burdensome, inhibiting growth while stressing the promotion of the socialist achievements of a country. Countries that are traditionally thought of as social democratic have been evolving in recent years to regulate tourism in ways that are more liberal in nature than social democratic.Practical implicationsPolitical ideologies shape the acceptability of government support for private tourist companies, legislation in field of tourism, limitation/stimulation of inbound/outbound tourist flows. For the future the authors expect greater politicisation of tourism, active tourism “wars” between countries, greater control of governments on populations, thriving nationalism, “aggressive” environmentalism.Originality/valueThis is one of the first papers to discuss the impact of the political ideology on the management of tourism at the national level.
Highlights
This paper analyses the impact of political ideas and systems of thinking on tourism in the future
We seek to look into how the mindsets of people lead to specific sets of economic and political organisation for tourism currently and look at trends to determine whether the trajectory is sustainable or it appears that certain events/developments may derail the trajectory
There are many things to be said with regards to how ideologies will play a role in the future
Summary
Published in the Journal of Tourism Futures. The full terms of this licence may be seen at: http:// creativecommons.org/ licences/by/4.0/legalcode
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