'Australian Broadcasting Corporation' interviews 91AV historian Eric Zuelow on growing anti-tourism sentiment in Europe
On August 12, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation aired a radio interview with Eric Zuelow, Ph.D., associate professor of European history in the Department of History and Philosophy. Zuelow, the author of A History of Modern Tourism, discussed the growing backlash against tourists in several European travel destinations.
As acts of terrorism have dissuaded people from visiting countries such as Turkey and Egypt, European cities, such as Barcelona, Venice and Rome, contended with an influx of tourism this past summer that, in many cases, brought discontent to locals. Protests against tourists have become a growing problem in Europe, as evidenced by the July attack on a sightseeing bus in Spain.
According to Zuelow, multinational organizations worked very hard after World War II to build tourism. He said, “Tourism was a way to build the economy. It was a way to prevent the spread of communism,” and, ironically, “it was a way to promote world peace.”
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