Comments on: War, what is it good for? Tourism, actually http://www.501places.com/2013/04/war-and-tourism/ Travel stories that won't change the world Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:57:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.7.1 By: ces http://www.501places.com/2013/04/war-and-tourism/#comment-70628 Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:57:25 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=9135#comment-70628 Amazing realization! After reading this, I examined my past travels and true enough; every place that I’ve been to has its own war story to share. But sadly, it will take a while and cost many lives before these war zones are turned into tourist attractions.

]]> By: Adam http://www.501places.com/2013/04/war-and-tourism/#comment-70620 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 12:17:25 +0000 http://www.501places.com/?p=9135#comment-70620 Very interesting point you make here! I’ve lived (briefly) in two cities that seem to have quite a bit of history in regards to war: Berlin and Tel Aviv. The former attracts most tourists I think solely because of its tortured history with war and the latter seems to ignore any reference to its previous wars (or ones that it’s still embroiled in).

I think a destination’s (dirty) history is as important as most other parts of its culture. And, unfortunately, it seems like wars will forever be a part of our collective, global history.

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