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

Seong Seop Kim; Bruce Prideaux

doi:10.1002/jtr.859

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

Seong Seop Kim
, Bruce Prideaux

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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 the colonized. This study explored the development of post-colonial tourism exchanges between Japan and South Korea in the period 1946-2010. The high level of residual mistrust and diplomatic disputes that affected bilateral flows in the years after Korea's independence from Japan have now been replaced by a very high level of bilateral flows between the two nations, indicating that many of the issues of the past are no longer seen as relevant by contemporary Korean and Japanese tourists. The paper suggests a framework for analysing post-colonial flows.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	586-600
Number of pages	15
Journal	International Journal of Tourism Research
Volume	14
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jtr.859
Publication status	Published - 1 Nov 2012
Externally published	Yes

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This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Bilateral exchange
Colonization
Government-to-government
Japan
Korea
People-to-people
Post-colonial

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geography, Planning and Development
Transportation
Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management
Nature and Landscape Conservation

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