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A History of Archaeological TourismArchaeological Tourism From the Great War to the End of World War II

A History of Archaeological Tourism: Archaeological Tourism From the Great War to the End of... [This chapter analyses the development of archaeological tourism between the First and the Second World Wars. These years were marked by the apogee of nationalism, the rise in right-wing populism and the establishment of state and international institutions to manage it. The use of the car and bicycle and the appearance of the first commercial flights, together with more generous regulations related to paid vacations, made it easier visiting archaeological sites. The state played a major role: the growing awareness of the economic potential of tourism led states to channel funding towards those sites that were going to be opened to the public. States also took a more active role in the development of tourism’s infrastructure: publication of guidebooks, creation of hotels, preparing sites for tourism with the installation of fences, the imposition of entrance fees and the promotion of staged authenticity. Developments in Europe were closely followed by those in colonial North Africa, whereas Egypt experienced a new wave of Egyptomania after the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb in 1922. On the list ever increasing number of countries attracting archaeological tourists Jordan, Japan, Japanese-occupied Korea and French Indochina should be mentioned in Asia. In America, in addition to Peru, there was a growth of tourists in Mexico who now timidly, for the first time, attempted to reach the Yucatán Peninsula. The chapter finishes explaining the influence of politics in the type of archaeological tourism developed both in Italy and in Germany under their respective right-wing dictatorial regimes.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A History of Archaeological TourismArchaeological Tourism From the Great War to the End of World War II

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Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Copyright
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
ISBN
978-3-030-32075-1
Pages
85 –115
DOI
10.1007/978-3-030-32077-5_5
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Abstract

[This chapter analyses the development of archaeological tourism between the First and the Second World Wars. These years were marked by the apogee of nationalism, the rise in right-wing populism and the establishment of state and international institutions to manage it. The use of the car and bicycle and the appearance of the first commercial flights, together with more generous regulations related to paid vacations, made it easier visiting archaeological sites. The state played a major role: the growing awareness of the economic potential of tourism led states to channel funding towards those sites that were going to be opened to the public. States also took a more active role in the development of tourism’s infrastructure: publication of guidebooks, creation of hotels, preparing sites for tourism with the installation of fences, the imposition of entrance fees and the promotion of staged authenticity. Developments in Europe were closely followed by those in colonial North Africa, whereas Egypt experienced a new wave of Egyptomania after the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb in 1922. On the list ever increasing number of countries attracting archaeological tourists Jordan, Japan, Japanese-occupied Korea and French Indochina should be mentioned in Asia. In America, in addition to Peru, there was a growth of tourists in Mexico who now timidly, for the first time, attempted to reach the Yucatán Peninsula. The chapter finishes explaining the influence of politics in the type of archaeological tourism developed both in Italy and in Germany under their respective right-wing dictatorial regimes.]

Published: Feb 25, 2020

Keywords: Archaeological tourism; Interwar period; Right-wing dictatorship; Fascist Italy; National Socialist Germany; State; Economic potential of tourism; Car; Bicycle; Commercial flights; North Africa; Egypt; Jordan; Japan; Korea; Indochina; Peru; Yucatan

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