Major challenges

Control and exclusion in tourism results in the control and exclusion of tourists and through this process injustice and inequality occurs. This is evident wherever justice and peace does not prevail. Under Burma‘s military dictatorship, in Sri Lanka and in the ethnic minority areas of China where tourism is used as a tool of occupation, justice and peace are replaced by capital and profit. In such situations, tourism is not a tool for peace, but a tool for oppression and ultimately a tool to maintain the status of those in power.

The largest cause of terrorism is the absence of justice, deeply rooted in exclusion and discrimination. This might be stemming from an individual or a collective experience.Tourism might be one, if not the only path to overcome walls and be part of the lives of others. It may be a key gateway to peace.