PALMER, N. J. (2007). Ethnic equality, national identity and selective cultural representation in tourism promotion: Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia. Journal of sustainable tourism, 15 (6), p. 645.
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This paper considers ethnic equality and stakeholder involvement in relation to tourism as a tool to build national identity in post-Soviet, post-communist Central Asia. Both issues are integral to the development of sustainable tourism. The discussion reviews national identity issues and inter-ethnic challenges facing post-Soviet Kyrgyzstan, and focuses on the responses of Kyrgyz tour operators to the emphasis of tourism promotion on ethnic Kyrgyz cultural heritage, excluding other ethnic groups and heritage. Despite a high degree of tour operator freedom from the State, a surprising degree of operator support for this promotional bias is noted, in contrast to the reported ethnic conflict over affirmative discrimination towards the ethnic Kyrgyz population.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | ethnic equality, Kyrgyzstan, nationalism, tourism promotion, tour operators |
Research Institute, Centre or Group - Does NOT include content added after October 2018: | Sheffield Business School Research Institute > Service Sector Management |
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.2167/jost826.0 |
Page Range: | p. 645 |
Depositing User: | Ann Betterton |
Date Deposited: | 14 May 2008 |
Last Modified: | 18 Mar 2021 21:31 |
URI: | https://shura.shu.ac.uk/id/eprint/846 |
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