Cultural routes as a tool for geopolitical integration

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10436758

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Tourist route, Cultural tourism, Geopolitical role of tourism, Integration mechanism, Cultural routes of the Council of Europe, Great Silk Road

Abstract

International cooperation in tourism has long been a tool of geopolitical influence. On the other hand, it is a necessary factor of the tourism industry development both in the world and in its parts. Work on the creation and operation of international tourist routes is one of the forms of international cooperation. The article is aimed at analyzing cultural routes and their influence on integration mechanisms in the geopolitical space of the modern world. For this, certified cultural routes of the Council of Europe and the Great Silk Road project were chosen as model examples. The Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe is a working large-scale project for the creation of a single historical and cultural space through tourism. The Great Silk Road, implemented under the auspices of UNWTO, is at the design stage, and its implementation is constrained by several economic, geopolitical and social factors. Studying the experience of the cultural routes of the Council of Europe made it possible to classify them according to the subject, functions and integration mechanisms. A detailed analysis of routes allowed us to determine the countries that are most and least involved in the European historical and cultural space through tourism. As a result, we formulated a unified conceptual model of the cultural tourist route as a mechanism for geopolitical influence and integration. This model can be applied to other types of tourist routes that bring together several countries and can be a field for cooperation among them.

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Author Biographies

Alexandra V. Afanasieva, Professora Associada na Universidade Estatal Russa de Turismo e Serviço (Rússia, Moscou).

PhDa em Ciências Geográficas pela Universidade Nacional Taras Shevchenko de Kiev (Ucrânia, 2009). Mestra em Ciências Geográficas pela Universidade Nacional Oles Honchar de Dnipropetrovsk (Ucrânia, 2004). Diplomada em Turismo e Estudos Locais pela Universidade Nacional Oles Honchar de Dnipropetrovsk (Ucrânia, 2003). Professora Associada na Universidade Estatal Russa de Turismo e Serviço (Rússia, Moscou). Editora Executiva da Editora da Universidade Estatal Russa de Serviço e Turismo. Orcid Id: 0000-0002-2331-4032. E-mail: slimm_82@mail.ru

Elena Yu. Nikolskaya, Professora Associada do Departamento de Gestão Hoteleira e Turismo, Escola de Pós-Graduação em Gestão, Moscou, Rússia.

PhDa em Ciências Econômicas, Universidade Econômica Plekhanov da Rússia, Professora Associada do Departamento de Gestão Hoteleira e Turismo, Escola de Pós-Graduação em Gestão, Rua Stremyannyi, 36, Moscou, 117997, Rússia. Orcid Id: 0000-0003-0972-1069. E-mail: nikolskaya@gmail.com

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2023-12-27

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Afanasieva, A. V., & Nikolskaya, E. Y. (2023). Cultural routes as a tool for geopolitical integration. Anais Brasileiros De Estudos Turísticos, 13(Special Issue). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10436758

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ABET, Vol. 13, Special Issue (2023): Special Issue of Selected Papers on "Sociology of Tourism in Portugal" and "Geopolitics of Tourism in Eastern Europe"

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Geopolitics of Tourism in Eastern Europe

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