Tourism and International Engagement, 1945–1957

Abstract

The dictatorship reframed its interest in international tourism considerably after the conclusion of World War II. Whereas previously the regime had understood foreign tourism as an instrument of nationalist cultural policy and propaganda, its more genuinely conservative, nonrevolutionary face to emerge after 1945 would come increasingly to consider the practice as a form of regular commercial and social engagement among nations. Understanding, however, did not always mean acceptance. Whereas some inside the government sensed great advantages to be gained from encouraging this kind of intercultural contact, many other influential officials regarded foreign tourism as a potential threat to the dictatorship’s moral and economic autarky.KeywordsForeign CurrencyTravel AgentForeign TourismInternational EngagementForeign TravelThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.