Tourism Midway for Peace in a Conflict-Ridden Destination Eman Sukmana (a*), and Rinto Dwiatmojo (a)
a) Tourism Department, Politeknik Negeri Samarinda
Jalan Dr. Ciptomangunkusumo, Samarinda, Indonesia 75131
*emansukmana[at]polnes.ac.id
Abstract
Conflicts cause losses in various aspects of tourism destinations, affecting both tourists and local communities. This study aims to provide literature-based evidence showing that tourism can contribute to peace building in conflict destinations. This research employs the systematic literature review (SLR) method for scientific papers, and compares to qualitative textual analysis (QTA) for top news articles. The results showed that tourism can be a midway to building peace as a resolution to conflict destinations. Our research contributes an improved understanding of tourism and its relationship to conflict in tourism destinations. It proposes conceptual and contextual suggestions that could be tested in conflict destinations.
