“Routes of Friendship”: Organization of International Tourism in Countries of Socialist Camp in 1950-1980s

The institutional foundations, organizational features, the main trends and problems of cooperation between European member states of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) in the field of international tourism in the second half of the 1950s — 1980s are described in the article. Specific...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:6f998160949842248b462aa87dfd29692021-12-02T07:58:14Z“Routes of Friendship”: Organization of International Tourism in Countries of Socialist Camp in 1950-1980s2225-756X2227-129510.24224/2227-1295-2021-6-408-425https://doaj.org/article/6f998160949842248b462aa87dfd29692021-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.nauka-dialog.ru/jour/article/view/2816https://doaj.org/toc/2225-756Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/2227-1295The institutional foundations, organizational features, the main trends and problems of cooperation between European member states of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) in the field of international tourism in the second half of the 1950s — 1980s are described in the article. Specific examples show the formula for building bilateral cooperation in this area, as well as organizational principles and main directions of work of special annual meetings of tourist operators and government agencies in the field of tourism. Particular attention is paid to the description of the mechanisms of mutual settlements between socialist countries for the rendered mutual tourist services, including in a non-currency form. Based on the analysis  of publications of the Soviet period and archival sources, the author concluded that syncretism of economic, economic and ideological approaches was characteristic of large-scale international tourist exchange between European socialist countries, and the Soviet Union played not so much the role of a “big brother” with a decisive vote as an ideological “mentor”. It is emphasized that, despite the declaration of the systemic advantages of “socialist tourism”, in general, it was characterized by numerous organizational difficulties.A. D. PopovTsentr nauchnykh i obrazovatelnykh proektovarticleinternational tourismservices sectorcouncil for mutual economic assistancesocialist integrationnon-currency exchangecold warSlavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languagesPG1-9665RUНаучный диалог, Vol 0, Iss 6, Pp 408-425 (2021)
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topic international tourism
services sector
council for mutual economic assistance
socialist integration
non-currency exchange
cold war
Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languages
PG1-9665
spellingShingle international tourism
services sector
council for mutual economic assistance
socialist integration
non-currency exchange
cold war
Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian languages
PG1-9665
A. D. Popov
“Routes of Friendship”: Organization of International Tourism in Countries of Socialist Camp in 1950-1980s
description The institutional foundations, organizational features, the main trends and problems of cooperation between European member states of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) in the field of international tourism in the second half of the 1950s — 1980s are described in the article. Specific examples show the formula for building bilateral cooperation in this area, as well as organizational principles and main directions of work of special annual meetings of tourist operators and government agencies in the field of tourism. Particular attention is paid to the description of the mechanisms of mutual settlements between socialist countries for the rendered mutual tourist services, including in a non-currency form. Based on the analysis  of publications of the Soviet period and archival sources, the author concluded that syncretism of economic, economic and ideological approaches was characteristic of large-scale international tourist exchange between European socialist countries, and the Soviet Union played not so much the role of a “big brother” with a decisive vote as an ideological “mentor”. It is emphasized that, despite the declaration of the systemic advantages of “socialist tourism”, in general, it was characterized by numerous organizational difficulties.
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