Tourism and National Identities

Elspeth Frew is a Senior Lecturer at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.Leanne White is a Lecturer in the School of Hospitality, Tourism and Marketing, and a research associate in the Centre for Tourism and Services Research at Victoria University, Australia.

• 1. Introduction Section 1: Identity and Image 2. Tourism and the National Identity in the Unites States: The Case of Washington 3. Brand Ireland: Tourism and National Identity 4. National Identity Construction and Tourism in Hungary: A Multi-Level Approach 5. Wizards Everywhere? Film Tourism and the Imagining of National Identity in New Zealand 6. The Role of the Horse in Australian Tourism and National Identity Section 2: Culture and Community 7. Tourism’s Role in National Identity Formulation for the United Kingdom’s Pakistani Diaspora 8. The 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and China’s National Identity: A Host Community Perspective 9. Nation in Transformation: Tourism and National Identity in the Kyrgyz Republic 10. Where Mega Meets Modest: Community Events and the Making of Canadian National Identity 11. Location and Landscape: Small Scale Sporting Events and National Identity Section 3: Heritage and History 12. Outlaw Nations: Tourism, the Frontier, and National Identities 13. Heritage and Aspects of Nation: Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh Museum 14. Battlefield Tourism and Australian National Identity: Gallipoli and the Western Front 15. Travelling to the Past: Narratives of Place and Nation Identity on the Chatham Islands 16: Dark Tourism and National Identity in the Australian School Curriculum: Some Unexamined Questions 17. Conclusion

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