[en] The role of market oriented tourist policies in the planned economies of socialist Eastern Europe has been long overlooked. This article examines how the socialist regime in Romania moved from sheer ideological rhetoric to commercialism and market-driven strategies when promoting Romania as a tourist destination in the ‘West’ between the 1960s and the 1980s. It argues that there was a continual shifting between using tourism as an ideological tool and a certain pragmatism that was needed to turn Romania into a desirable tourist destination.
Centre de recherche :
- Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Contemporary European History (EHI)
Disciplines :
Histoire
Auteur, co-auteur :
STEFAN, Oana Adelina ; University of Luxembourg > Luxembourg Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) > Contemporary European History
Co-auteurs externes :
no
Langue du document :
Anglais
Titre :
Unpacking Tourism in the Cold War: International Tourism and Commercialism in Socialist Romania, 1960s-1980s
