Tourism after the Fall of the American Empire: Globalization, Protectionism, and Resource Depletion

Paper presented at the European Tourism Futures Institute International Conference: Tourism Futures, 2nd – 5th of November 2011, Stenden University, Leeuwarden

13 Pages Posted: 10 Oct 2011 Last revised: 25 Jun 2012

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Craig Webster

Ball State University

Stanislav Hristov Ivanov

Zangador; Zangador Research institute; Varna University of Management (VUM)

James Leigh

University of Niicosia

Date Written: October 3, 2011

Abstract

In this paper, the authors write about what the future of tourism after the fall of the American Empire. The authors describe the forces at work undermining the American empire and explain its likely trajectory. Then, the authors turn to the implications of this political event for tourism globally. The implications for tourism suggest the evolution of a new regime for international tourism, with China and other states playing a more central role in setting up the rules for international travel and tourism. In addition, the paper looks at the issue of resource depletion and allocation, since the USA will no longer have the ability to maintain low-cost petroleum nor protect the worlds’ sea-gate chokepoints, the world arteries for the shipping petroleum.

Keywords: tourism, future of tourism, USA, resource depletion, globalisation

Suggested Citation

Webster, Craig and Ivanov, Stanislav Hristov and Ivanov, Stanislav Hristov and Leigh, James, Tourism after the Fall of the American Empire: Globalization, Protectionism, and Resource Depletion (October 3, 2011). Paper presented at the European Tourism Futures Institute International Conference: Tourism Futures, 2nd – 5th of November 2011, Stenden University, Leeuwarden, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1941210 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1941210

Craig Webster

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Stanislav Hristov Ivanov (Contact Author)

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