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Residents’ Attitudes and Visitors’ Motivations for War-Related Tourism: An Exploratory Perspective

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In recent years, discussion on residents’ place attachment connection with places has started to increase in tourism research. Besides tourists' recognition and attraction of war-related tourism, local people are important stakeholders that generate self-attachment to the place of living, thereby greater tendency to engage in pro-environmental behavior. War is one of the great tragedies of humankind, but it is evident that the history and social outcomes of the event itself as well as the indirect outcomes of warfare serve as resources that can be positioned to stimulate tourism in formerly war-torn regions. Memorials and war-related products are an important part of the world’s tourist attractions. This study aims to understand some of the main trends in tourist segmentation in the context of war-related tourism. In specific, it seeks to understand the residents’ attitudes and visitors’ motivations for war-related tourism (in a preliminary approach). This manuscript is an aid to marketing and management in specific contexts of war-related tourism. The present study has as its main limitation its embryonic stage, not including a collection of primary data or development of an empirical study. Final considerations and future research paths are discussed.

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  1. Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (IPCA), Vila Frescainha, Portugal

    Bruno Sousa, Francisco Gonçalves & Vítor Silva

  2. CiTUR—Centre for Tourism Research, Development and Innovation, Leiria, Portugal

    Bruno Sousa

  3. Polytechnic Institute of Viana do Castelo (IPVC), Viana Do Castelo, Portugal

    Mary Sánchez

  4. GOVCOPP, Aveiro, Portugal

    Francisco Gonçalves

  5. University of Minho, Braga, Portugal

    Luzia Amorim

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Sousa, B., Sánchez, M., Gonçalves, F., Amorim, L., Silva, V. (2023). Residents’ Attitudes and Visitors’ Motivations for War-Related Tourism: An Exploratory Perspective. In: Abreu, A., Carvalho, J.V., Liberato, D., Galdames, I.S. (eds) Advances in Tourism, Technology and Systems. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies, vol 340. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9960-4_40

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