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Your choice of holiday destination is a political act
We all know what to check for during that last minute packing panic.
- Brendan Canavan
- The Conversation
But preparing for your holidays is about more than what you squeeze into your suitcase.
It is about making a political choice.
Tourism is an industry tied up with national and international politics like no other.
Tourists are a source of foreign exchange, governments promote themselves through visitors, and politicians quite often worry about the social freedom that tourism can nurture.
For these reasons tourists are both courted and…
At the most…