#AffectiveTourism #Ethnography #OnTheGround “Here, Professor Dorina-Maria Buda, who is currently in Israel and Palestinian territories, reflects on how tourism has been affected in Jerusalem and the wider Palestinian West Bank, following the USA President’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel”. http://www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/media-centre/blog/1217-what-impact-will-trump-declaration-of-jerusalem-as-the-capital-of-israel-have/
Observing, exploring and understanding the tourism phenomenon in such a sensitive and troubled region might seem irrelevant at first, as tourism does not bring any immediate solution to the ongoing turmoil.
Tourism is, however, an important stage where Israelis and Palestinians assert their identities and claims, and tell their stories. International tourists travel to this region and experience these stories through encounters with places of ongoing conflict, with local Israelis and Palestinians.