The Touristification of War Landscapes in the Province of Trento

Elisa Tizzoni

doi:10.6092/issn.2036-5195/6170

Authors

Elisa Tizzoni University of Florence

After having obtained a Phd in Contemporary history worked as a researcher at the Universities of Florence and Pisa; she also conducted researches funded by social and cultural institutions (Natural history museum of Udine, Italian General Confederation of Labour); she is currently contract professor
at the University of Florence. Her research interests involve: history and geography of tourism policies, cultural heritage management, sustainable development of rural areas.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.2036-5195/6170

Keywords:

Great war, War landscapes, Tourist gaze, Tourism image, Community

Abstract

The paper aims to investigate the impact of the so-called touristification of the war landscapes in the Province of Trento (Italy), focusing on the role played by local communities.
Due to the increasing interest by tourists in visiting former battlefields and places that display cultural heritage referring to conflicts and wars, contemporary social sciences consider war tourism as a complex blend between social memory and tourism exploitation of territorial resources.
After a brief summary on the academic debate about the link between Great War heritage and tourism, the essay assesses the main features of war landscapes in Trentino (Italy) and provides some suggestions for further research.

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