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To go or not to go?
Political tourism has emerged as a form of political consumerism where individuals use their voice or buying power to boycott or buycott a tourism product for the purpose of either supporting or refuting a government or corporate practice.
While the lens of the two strategies –boycotting or buycotting- is different, the goal is, nevertheless, the same. Both protagonists look at social justice from the prism of their ethical value system, hoping that their voices or actions will impact the lives of those concerned (Micheletti et al., 2006). However, their impacts are disputed, and depend on the context where the political, social or environmental practice is taking place. Besides the moral dilemma of tourism boycotting and buycotting (e.g., Holden, 2003; Glaesser, 2003). In a tourism context we ask: how lasting and successful is tourism boycotting? Within the tourism and peace proposition, in the Israeli-Palestinian context, a context of 60 years of conflict, internally tainted with fear and suffering, and externally painted with boycotts and buycotts, we ask ourselves: of the two lenses, which is the most peaceful, realistic and pragmatic, 60 years later?

The interplay of perceptions, immigration, and travel propensity is a research note based on the research commissioned by Stenden University as part of its educational vision that resides in contributing to a better world. It was thus conceived as a strategy to strengthening existing ties between the Netherlands and Morocco through tourism…
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