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table of contents
  1. List of Abbreviations
  2. Foreword
  3. Acknowledgments
  4. Introduction: Entangled Histories of Eastern and Southern Europe
  5. Part One: Setting the Scene
    1. 1. International Tourism in Socialist Romania and Francoist Spain in the 1950s
    2. 2. The 1960s and the “Invention” of Mass Tourism in Two European Peripheries
    3. 3. The Remapping of Tourist Geographies in the 1970s
  6. Part Two: Forging a Consumer Society
    1. 4. International Tourism and Changing Patterns of Everyday Life until 1989
    2. 5. Foreign Tourists and Underground Consumption Practices
    3. 6. Beach Tourism on Romania’s Black Sea Coast and Spain’s Costa del Sol
  7. Conclusion: Entangled Futures of International Tourism
  8. Notes
  9. Bibliography
  10. Index

INDEX

Figures and tables are indicated by “f” and “t” following page numbers.

  • accommodations. See lodging
  • advertisements: archive materials, 14; for beach tourism, 5, 44, 46, 54, 157, 158, 183f; for Black Sea Coast, 44, 157, 177, 237n1; for Comturist shops, 128; consumerism and, 119, 120, 131–32, 231n91; nationalism in, 90, 91f; production and dissemination of, 211n99; promotional campaigns, 53–54, 95; slogans and, 54, 95, 215n70; targeted, 49; by tourist offices, 88; for vacation packages, 35, 177
  • Africa: tourists from, 83; tourist worker trainees from, 89, 224n101; World Youth Festival participants from, 25
  • Aguirre Moul, Ignacio, 111
  • airline transportation: airport construction and refurbishment, 60–61, 64, 160, 174; in Francoist Spain, 35, 62, 99, 209n72; in Romania, 29–30, 57, 60–61, 83, 90, 93, 212n22, 223n64. See also charter flights; specific airlines
  • Alcaide, Ángel, 53
  • Alcaide Inchausti, Julio, 52
  • Alfonso XIII (king of Spain), 168
  • Amor a la Española (film), 245n33
  • Andalusia (Spain), 40, 103, 146, 170, 173, 184, 234n51
  • Andreescu, Ștefan, 94
  • antisemitism, 201n7
  • Arbeiterwohlfahtr (travel agency), 239n55
  • Arias Salgado, Gabriel, 26–28, 41, 42, 153, 175
  • Arriba (newspaper), 144–45, 234n44
  • Asia: tourists from, 82, 83; World Youth Festival participants from, 25
  • Association of Romanian Architects, 70, 237n14
  • Australia, tourists from, 83, 94
  • Austria: economic growth in, 45; Soviet withdrawal from, 238n22; tourist infrastructure in, 65; tourists from, 106–7, 121–22, 221n19
  • authoritarianism: criticisms of, 54; remembering in post-authoritarian societies, 205–6n61; totalitarianism, 143, 196, 201n4, 244n29; tourism sector and, 161. See also dictatorships; Francoist Spain; Romanian Socialist Republic
  • automobiles: fuel for, 191–92, 195, 244n11, 244n27; private ownership of, 45, 131, 134, 136; for tourism, 32, 45, 57–60, 62–63, 86–87, 165, 192
  • Autotransporte Turistico Español S.A. (ATESA), 35
  • Azcarraga, Juan, 111
  • Badham, John, 223n51
  • balance of payments, 10, 35, 37, 42, 49–50, 108
  • Banú, Jose, 169
  • Baranowski, Shelly, 8
  • Bardot, Brigitte, 154, 236n97
  • Bazarca, Romeo, 103
  • beach tourism: advertisements for, 5, 44, 46, 54, 157, 158, 183f; mass tourism and, 158, 159, 170, 192; morality and, 157–58, 184–85; popularity of, 45, 73, 157, 161–62, 176, 190; sun therapy and, 5, 45–46; vacation packages, 162, 167. See also specific destinations
  • Belea, Romeo, 218n161
  • Benidorm beaches (Spain), 22, 158, 197
  • Benito, Louis Alonso, 133
  • bias. See discrimination and stereotypes
  • black markets, 12, 136–49, 156, 227n11, 232n4
  • Black Sea Coast (Romania): access to, 86; advertisements for, 44, 157, 177, 237n1; common culture of everyday life on, 13; competition with Costa del Sol, 166; concessions for attracting tourists, 158; consumer goods on, 123–25, 229n39; cosmopolitanism of, 17, 156, 158, 160, 180, 183, 188; development planning, 105, 160–68, 176; differential treatment of tourists, 178–79, 187; government investment in, 58, 162, 190; guidebooks on, 120, 160, 177, 237n16; hitchhikers on, 181–83, 182f; home countries of tourists to, 5, 10, 21; institutional organization of tourism on, 39; lodging on, 66–67, 66f, 160–68, 238n23, 242n137; spatial configuration, 187–88; surveillance of tourists on, 180–81, 184; tourist arrivals on (1975–1977), 165t; tourist infrastructure, 71, 72, 159–68, 238nn23–24; tourist shops on, 211n99. See also specific resorts
  • blat system, 144, 149, 156, 235n68
  • Block, Fred, 203n43
  • Boicil, 102, 225n105
  • Bolín, Louis, 40
  • Bozdog, Nicolae, 99–102, 105, 193, 244n20
  • Bravo, Gutmaro Gómez, 201n4
  • Brokaw, Kurt, 92, 93
  • Bucharest Declaration (1966), 216n98
  • Bucharest Project Institute, 218n161
  • Bulgaria: Helsinki Agreement and, 222n43; international tourism in, 9, 48, 52, 81, 86, 189, 244n10; seasonal workers in, 46; tourists from, 221n16; tourist shops in, 230n71
  • Burrell, Kathy, 23
  • Cals Güell, Joan, 96–97
  • Câmpeanu, Pavel, 228–29n35
  • Canada, tourists from, 96, 223n70
  • capitalism and capitalist countries: consumption in, 125; everyday life under, 117, 156; liberal, 11, 159; Mediterranean-style, 46, 212n20; mobility and immobility in, 23, 26; socialism in relation to, 10–11, 17, 203n43; territorial development in, 159; tourists from, 5, 10, 12, 23, 26, 30–34, 47–48, 59–61, 85, 87, 104, 135, 166–67, 179, 191–92; in Western Europe, 6, 22, 26, 60, 98. See also specific countries
  • Carol I (king of Romania), 31
  • cars. See automobiles
  • Castellana Hilton Hotel (Madrid), 27–28, 34
  • Catholic Church: Concordat of 1953, 24; excommunication by, 22, 158, 196–97; morality and, 111, 144, 157, 184–85; national identity and, 153; Opus Dei, 3, 42; social influence of, 95; on tourist-citizen relationships, 12, 135
  • Ceaușescu, Elena, 127
  • Ceaușescu, Nicolae: on beach tourism, 162, 163; on commercial activity, 124; on “consumption” term, 244n26; dispute with Maurer, 244n21; foreign debt payments, 17, 150; on international tourism, 135–36; on lodging, 70, 218n164; nationalism of, 4, 87, 136; ONT–Carpathians and, 105, 194; personal dictatorship of, 113; political and economic policies, 13; villa at Neptun-Olimp, 164; Western orientation of, 50
  • Cedok (travel agency), 33, 97
  • censorship, 41, 153–54, 178, 211n117
  • Central Committee (Romanian Communist Party): archive materials from, 14, 15, 205n56; on consumer demands, 134; decision-making authority, 104; development planning, 176; Economic Section, 48, 89, 121, 205n56; Executive Bureau, 127; on Geneva Summit, 31; hotel price approval by, 193; on martial law in Poland, 127; mechanisms of power in, 124; on reorganization of ONT–Carpathians, 39, 105; on success of international tourism, 191
  • Chalmers, Judith: Wish You Were Here, 81
  • charter flights: costs of, 6, 32, 64; crashes involving, 201n16; introduction of, 6, 56, 60, 61, 64, 85, 192; liberalization of rules for, 64; planes for, 60, 222n31; TAROM and, 86, 93. See also specific airlines
  • Cioculescu, Șerban, 125
  • Claire, Petit Marie, 21
  • class: consumerism and, 129–31, 133; international tourism and, 9, 196; social mobility and, 197. See also elites; middle class; working class
  • clothing: bikinis, 1–2, 22, 34, 157–58, 185–86, 197; consumerism and, 119; dress codes, 184, 196; miniskirts, 1, 158
  • Coca, Ignacio, 169
  • coffee, 123, 179, 242n123
  • Cold War: complexities of, 189; consumerism during, 162, 238n22; diplomacy during, 12, 130, 204n48, 206n8; discourse related to, 28, 33, 99; Geneva Summit during, 30, 31; geography of international tourism and, 215n72; mobility in political context of, 24–25. See also détente; Iron Curtain
  • Comecon (Council for Mutual Economic Assistance), 24, 32–33, 88, 100, 165, 209n63, 230–31n74
  • communism: anti-communism, 3, 24–28, 104, 192; everyday life under, 117; fall of, 197; “new woman” ideal and, 152; public morality and, 21; remembering in post-communist societies, 205–6n61; terminology considerations, 207n27. See also Romanian Communist Party
  • Compostela Hotel (Galicia, Spain), 75–76, 76f, 219–20n187
  • Comturist shops, 88, 118, 127–30, 210–11n99, 222n36, 230n68
  • Conde, Fernando, 133
  • Constantin, Gheorghe, 61
  • consumerism and consumption: advertisements and, 119, 120, 131–32, 231n91; anti-Western views of, 118; black markets, 12, 136–49, 156, 227n11, 232n4; blat system, 144, 149, 156, 235n68; Ceaușescu on “consumption” term, 244n26; class and, 129–31, 133; during Cold War, 162, 238n22; conspicuous, 127, 130, 143; culture of, 8, 156; department stores, 125–26, 232n97; economic growth and, 45; everyday life and, 120, 130, 132, 134, 155, 228n13; goods shortages, 4, 12, 27, 112, 123, 127, 131, 134, 150, 194, 201n9, 229n35, 229n46; guidebooks and, 120, 125–28, 195, 227n10; hard currency acquisition and, 46, 126; international tourism and, 3, 7, 12, 14, 17, 118–34, 155–56, 194–95, 204n51; liberalization and, 120, 133, 227n8; as resistance, 143, 148, 155; socialist vs. capitalist, 125; supermarkets, 132, 134, 184. See also smuggling
  • Cosma, Ion, 194
  • cosmopolitanism: architectural designs and, 237n14; of Black Sea Coast, 17, 156, 158, 160, 180, 183, 188; of Costa del Sol, 17, 156, 158, 168, 186, 188; international tourism and, 17, 72, 156, 158, 168, 180, 186, 194–95, 197
  • Costa Brava (Spain): map of (1955), 75f; popularity of, 73, 237n9; tourism revenue from, 173; tourist infrastructure, 74, 74t, 219n185
  • Costa del Sol (Spain): advertisements for, 44, 157; common culture of everyday life on, 13; competition with Black Sea Coast, 166; concessions for attracting tourists, 158; cosmopolitanism of, 17, 156, 158, 168, 186, 188; development planning, 168–76; film depictions, 200n1; guidebooks on, 177, 184, 185; mass tourism and, 170; population of, 237n8; spatial configuration, 187–88; tourist infrastructure, 159, 168–72, 240n71; vacant areas of, 173, 241n99. See also specific resorts
  • Costes, Claude, 21
  • Council for Mutual Economic Assistance. See Comecon
  • Count Dracula (film), 223n51
  • Coya, Miguel, 110–11
  • Crumbaugh, Justin, 8, 42
  • culture: common, 13; consumer, 8, 156; diplomacy and, 95; European, 195; folk, 102; homogenization of, 133; immersion into, 46; material, 2, 117, 131, 136, 150–51, 195, 235n75; political, 3; popular, 91, 126, 179, 197; urban, 65
  • culture shock, 15, 131, 133–34
  • currency: consumer goods as, 139, 153; exchanging, 50, 140–43, 145, 215n89, 233n30, 234n53, 239n49; lack of convertibility, 215n91; smuggling of, 140–41, 145, 180, 195; socialist views of, 139–40, 233n18. See also hard currency acquisition
  • Czechoslovakia: open border project, 139; Prague Spring (1968), 84, 87, 225n102; Romanian tourist office in, 87; Soviet invasion of (1968), 87, 213n42, 225n102; tourists from, 5, 84, 97–99, 165–66; tourist shops in, 230n71
  • Daicoviciu, Constantin, 125
  • Dalea, Mihai, 67
  • Darie, Constantin, 125
  • De Gaulle, Charles, 213n42
  • department stores, 125–26, 232n97
  • détente: East–West, 23, 81, 83, 86, 103, 111; economic, 86; Geneva Summit and, 31; Lacy-Zarubin Agreement and, 208n43; political, 17, 86
  • dictatorships: personal, 3, 113, 192; totalitarian, 143, 196, 201n4, 244n29. See also Francoist Spain; Romanian Socialist Republic
  • dining. See restaurants
  • diplomacy: airline connections and, 60; in Cold War, 12, 130, 204n48, 206n8; cultural, 95; Iron Curtain and, 97; Romania-Spain, 99–102, 130, 224n92; soft, 12, 204n48
  • discrimination and stereotypes: antisemitism, 201n7; of Eastern Europe, 93; Iron Curtain and, 192; against tourists, 7, 85
  • domestic tourism: beach tourism and, 161, 162; institutional organization of, 38–40; revenue from, 49, 225n118; transportation infrastructure for, 59
  • Doxiadis, Constantinos A., 172
  • Dracula (film), 223n51
  • Dracula AD (film), 223n51
  • Dracula legend, 90–94, 223n51
  • Drăgănescu, Emil, 106
  • dress. See clothing
  • Duda, Igor, 8
  • Eastern Europe: airline connections with, 6, 99, 212n22; black markets in, 232n4; democratization of international tourism in, 6; GDP per capita in, 220n3; hard currency acquisition in, 46; in integrated histories of Europe, 6, 201n17; international tourism in, 80–82, 84; mobility from, 22, 25; modernization in, 13; similarities with Southern Europe, 23, 188, 203n39; stereotypes of, 93; tourists from, 96–98, 180; train connections with, 212n22; welfare state in, 45; World Youth Festival participants from, 25. See also socialism and socialist countries; specific countries
  • East Germany: international tourism in, 204n51; open border project, 139; Romanian tourist office in, 87; Socialist Unity Party regime, 8
  • eating facilities. See restaurants
  • economy: autarchic, 22, 28, 37, 41, 131, 144; balance of payments, 10, 35, 37, 42, 49–50, 108; black markets, 12, 136–49, 156, 227n11, 232n4; foreign investments, 3, 27, 37, 68, 69; GDP per capita, 45, 130, 212n17, 220n3, 231n85; global, 17, 47, 82, 111, 194; inflation, 42, 77, 85, 123, 190, 191, 193; modernization and, 10, 47–57, 80, 190, 203n42; planned, 47, 55, 57, 105, 123, 203n43. See also Comecon; consumerism and consumption; global economic crises
  • EEC. See European Economic Community
  • Eforie Nord (Romania), 67–68, 121, 129, 162, 178, 238n29
  • elites: economic, 88, 131, 132, 134; on modernization, 203n42; political, 84–85, 87, 112, 131, 144, 175; in Romania, 31, 47, 84–85, 87–88, 105, 144; in Spain, 131–36, 144, 148, 168–70, 175; technocratic, 112; travel for, 64, 187
  • employees. See tourist workers
  • Enescu, George, 126
  • Europe: international tourism in, 52, 56, 84; paid vacations in, 45; urban development in, 65; working hours in, 45, 212n14. See also postwar Europe; specific regions and countries
  • European Coal and Steel Community, 45
  • European Economic Community (EEC), 42, 45, 83, 85, 96, 139, 148–49, 235n67
  • everyday life: capitalism and, 117, 156; common culture of, 13; communism and, 117; consumption and, 120, 130, 132, 134, 155, 228n13; degradation of, 192, 193; high politics and, 9, 11; international tourism and, 7, 84, 135, 149, 155, 190; liberalization of, 13, 120, 137, 204n52; middle class and, 131; normalization of, 12, 25, 134, 204n53; personal space and, 204n53; socialism and, 117, 143, 156; soft diplomacy and, 12
  • exchange rates, 50, 141–42, 215n89, 233n30, 234n53, 239n49
  • Fabritius, Ernst and Richard, 141
  • Falangists, 3, 41–42, 168, 186, 197, 234n44
  • Faraldo, José M., 201n4
  • Fascist Italy, alliance with Francoist Spain, 3
  • fashion. See clothing
  • Fazakas, Janos, 123–24
  • Federal Republic of Germany. See West Germany
  • females. See women
  • Feminine Institute, 186
  • Feria del Campo (Spain), 102–3
  • Figuerola, Manuel, 110–11
  • Firu, Ion, 29
  • Florescu, Gheorghe, 228n20
  • Florescu, Radu, 91–94
  • food services. See restaurants
  • Fordism, 126, 133, 230n61
  • Fraga Iribarne, Manuel: on Arias Salgado, 41; as chief of state of information services, 211n117; on infrastructure, 62, 75, 79; on luxury hotel tax, 147; meeting with Romanian delegation, 101; political ambitions of, 42; popularity of, 97; tourism and, 50, 148, 170, 172, 175, 194, 226n141
  • France: airline connections with, 6, 64; automobiles in, 45; Geneva Summit and, 31; international tourism in, 52, 80, 214n51, 237n9; paid vacations in, 9; tourists from, 5, 21, 34–35, 45, 56, 61, 63–64, 73, 94, 106, 192, 221n19, 223n70; tourist worker training in, 48
  • Franco, Francisco: death of (1975), 24, 113; decline of power, 13; on international tourism, 135–36; Nationalists led by, 3, 37, 209n75; personal dictatorship of, 3, 192
  • Francoist Spain: accession to EEC, 148–49, 235n67; anti-communism of, 3, 24–28, 104, 192; archive materials from, 14–16; balance of payments in, 10, 35, 37, 42, 108; black markets in, 144–48; commerce in, 130–33, 232n97; consumer goods shortages, 27, 131; Development Plans, 52–53, 108, 214n53, 226n142; diplomatic relations with Romania, 99–102, 130, 224n92; domestic tourism in, 40; economic autarchy in, 22, 28, 37, 41, 131, 144; economic growth in, 212n17; Europeanization of, 8, 104; Falangists and, 3, 41–42, 168, 186, 197, 234n44; Feria del Campo in, 102–3; foreign investments in, 3, 27, 37; GDP per capita in, 130; gender in, 9, 22, 132, 236n94; Guardia Civil (police) in, 22, 146, 151, 185; Helsinki Agreement and, 222n43; international isolation of, 2, 3, 24, 36, 47, 168, 192; liberalization in, 12–13, 42–43, 133, 135–37, 148, 204n52; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 51, 97–98, 101, 103; Ministry of the Interior, 40, 97–98, 147; mobility and immobility in, 23–29; modernization in, 2, 7, 10, 46–47, 50–56, 79–80, 144, 194, 202n19, 203n42; New Year’s Eve speech (1963), 133; normalization of relations with Western Europe, 42; political prisoners in, 201n5; propaganda in, 35, 36, 41–42, 100, 173, 222n38, 234n44; prostitution in, 151–52, 154–56; seasonal workers in, 46, 53, 174; Stabilization Plan, 3, 37, 42, 51, 131–32, 134, 153, 158; surface area of, 217n121; tourists from, 102, 129, 130; United Nations membership for, 36; US relations with, 3, 24–26, 36, 41, 192, 244n13. See also Catholic Church; Franco, Francisco; international tourism in Spain; Spanish Civil War
  • Franklin, Adrian: Tourism: An Introduction, 7
  • Furlough, Ellen, 8
  • GATT (General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade), 50
  • gaze, tourist, 7, 46, 132
  • GDP. See gross domestic product
  • GDR (German Democratic Republic). See East Germany
  • Gélida Miralles, Jaime, 146
  • gender: in Francoist Spain, 9, 22, 132, 236n94; international tourism and, 9, 203n38; segregation of beaches by, 22; in socialist countries, 236n81; tourist workers and, 9, 158–59, 168, 196. See also men; women
  • General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), 50
  • General Tours (travel agency), 91–92, 223n54
  • Geneva Summit (1955), 30, 31
  • Georgescu, Teohari, 201n8
  • German Democratic Republic (GDR). See East Germany
  • Germany. See East Germany; Nazi Germany; West Germany
  • Gheorghiu-Dej, Gheorghe, 4, 32, 135–36, 201n8
  • Ghodsee, Kristin, 9
  • Gibson, Alan, 223n51
  • gift-giving, 136–38, 149–50, 153, 188, 235n74
  • Gimenez-Arnau, Ricardo, 99–100
  • global economic crises (1970s), 17, 81–82, 106, 111, 191, 194
  • globalization, 7, 17, 81, 83
  • Global South, 89, 96. See also specific countries
  • Gómez del Moral, Alejandro, 8, 9, 133
  • Gorsuch, Anne, 8–10
  • Grandits, Hannes, 8
  • Graur, Alexandru, 125
  • Gray, H. E., 29–30
  • Great Britain: airline connections with, 6, 64; Dracula legend and, 91; Geneva Summit and, 31; international tourism in, 32; paid vacations in, 9; tourists from, 5, 22, 34–35, 54, 58, 64, 73, 94, 175, 217n129, 221n19, 223n70
  • Greece: Helsinki Agreement and, 222n43; international tourism in, 52, 189; seasonal workers in, 46; tourists from, 167
  • Gropius, Walter, 70
  • gross domestic product (GDP), 45, 130, 212n17, 220n3, 231n85
  • Groza, Petru, 3–4
  • Guardia Civil (Spanish police), 22, 146, 151, 185
  • guidebooks: audience for, 118–19; on Black Sea Coast, 120, 160, 177, 237n16; consumerism and, 120, 125–28, 195, 227n10; on Costa del Sol, 177, 184, 185; on currency exchange, 140; on Dracula legend, 91–93; on living standards, 118; in national identity building, 227n5; on transportation options, 57–58
  • Gutu, Eugenia, 222n37
  • Hale, Julian, 57, 58
  • Hall, Derek, 39, 222n33
  • hard currency acquisition: consumerism and, 46, 126; economic policy and, 44, 87; exchanges and, 27, 140, 207n31; institutional organization of, 39; mass tourism and, 10; as motivation for international tourism, 4, 5, 34, 43, 70; from property sales to foreigners, 176, 240n77; revenue from, 49, 53, 89, 190–91, 213n33; state monopolies on, 28, 140, 233n21; streamlining of, 210n99; tourist shops and, 118, 127, 128, 211n99, 222n36; tourist worker training schools and, 224n101; transportation infrastructure and, 59; World Tourism Organization and, 88–89
  • Hariton, Dinu, 218n161
  • health resorts and spas, 38, 65, 67–68, 71–72, 217n151
  • Helsinki Agreement (1975), 103, 222n43
  • Herzog, Werner, 223n51
  • Hilton, Conrad, 27
  • Hilton International, 27, 34–35
  • Hitler, Adolf, 24, 37
  • Hohenlohe-Langenburg, Alfonso de, 168–69
  • Holecek, V., 97
  • Holloway, Nancy, 126, 230n58
  • Hörschelmann, Kathrin, 23
  • Hotel Credit Program, 73, 75, 78–79
  • hotels. See lodging
  • Humphrey, Caroline, 150
  • Hungary: anti-Hungarian sentiments, 201n7; international tourism in, 204n51; Soviet intervention in (1956), 25, 50, 238n22; tourists from, 5, 221n16
  • I Am Curious (Yellow) (film), 54
  • IATA (International Commercial Aviation Cartel), 64
  • Iberia (Spanish airline), 62, 209n72
  • identity: material possession and, 150; national, 126, 153, 227n5
  • IEME (Spanish Foreign Exchange Institute), 27, 207n31
  • India, airline connections with, 212n22
  • Industriale Carmen, 27
  • infrastructure. See tourist infrastructure
  • inns. See lodging
  • Institute for Tourist Studies (Spain), 14, 52, 53
  • Intercontinental Hotel (Bucharest), 65, 69–70, 70f, 90, 217n139, 218n161, 218n164
  • International Commercial Aviation Cartel (IATA), 64
  • International Monetary Fund, 42
  • International Peace Research Institute, 189
  • international tourism: class and, 9, 196; consumption and, 3, 7, 12, 14, 17, 118–34, 155–56, 194–95, 204n51; cosmopolitanism and, 17, 72, 156, 158, 168, 180, 186, 194–95, 197; democratization and, 6, 7; drawbacks to, 46, 53; everyday life and, 7, 84, 135, 149, 155, 190; gender and, 9, 203n38; geography of, 56–57, 81–104, 215n72; histories and literature review, 8–11, 203n39; modernity and, 2, 7–8, 13, 16, 46–57, 84, 144, 157, 177, 194; new order of, 111–13; passports for, 26, 29, 34, 40, 148; politics of, 6, 16, 28, 32, 100, 190; as social and political tool, 25, 43; welfare state and, 45, 212n12. See also beach tourism; guidebooks; international tourism in Romania; international tourism in Spain; mass tourism; tourist infrastructure; tourist visas; tourist workers
  • international tourism in Romania: advertisements, 5, 14, 49, 211n99; beach tourism, 5, 157–68, 176; border crossings and, 28–29, 32; consumption and, 14, 118–30, 133–34, 195; cost considerations, 5–6, 46, 59, 71t; decline of, 104–7, 111–12, 124–25, 165–67, 179–80, 191–94, 198, 219n177, 240n59, 244n9; domestic politics and, 28; Dracula legend and, 90–94, 223n51; economic dimensions of, 43, 47–50; film depictions of, 1, 2, 200nn1–2; geography of, 83–94; ideological dimensions of, 84; illnesses and, 125, 229n52; image building through, 4, 25–27, 43; infrastructure for, 57–62, 64–72, 78–80, 108–9; institutional organization of, 37–40, 210n99; motivations for, 4, 10, 23, 43, 70, 189; origins and growth of, 16, 29–34, 48, 56, 81, 84, 87, 190; pragmatic approach to, 11, 16; for rest and health promotion, 33, 38, 49; revenue from, 39, 49, 59, 85, 104, 106, 127–28, 165, 167, 190, 222n33, 244n16; sources and methodology for study of, 13–16; systemic challenges and limitations, 104–9; tourist map (1966), 51f; tourist offices abroad for promotion of, 87–88, 102; World Youth Festival (1953), 25–26. See also Ministry of Tourism; National Office for Tourism–Carpathians; National Office for Tourism–Littoral; specific destinations
  • international tourism in Spain: advertisements, 5, 35, 53–54, 215n70; beach tourism, 5, 54, 73, 157–59, 168–76, 190; border crossings and, 28–29, 36, 42, 62, 108, 144, 216n119; commercialization of, 95–96; consumption and, 12, 130–34; cost considerations, 5–6, 35, 46; decline of, 110–11; domestic politics and, 28; economic dimensions of, 35, 43, 50–54; film depictions of, 1–2, 200n3; geography of, 94–104; ideological dimensions of, 35, 42; image building through, 4, 35, 36, 43, 54, 62; infrastructure for, 62–65, 73–80, 108; institutional organization of, 37, 40–42; motivations for, 4, 10, 23, 36, 43, 189; National Service for Tourism, 40; National Tourism Plan, 36, 62, 73, 171; origins and growth of, 16, 34–37, 52, 56, 81, 84, 214n46; pragmatic approach to, 16, 35, 41; revenue from, 53, 108, 148, 173, 190; sources and methodology for study of, 14–16; systemic challenges and limitations, 108–11; tourist map (1955), 55f; tourist offices abroad for promotion of, 54, 94–96. See also Ministry of Information and Tourism; specific destinations
  • International Union of Official Travel Organizations, 29, 88, 208n36, 225n111
  • Iron Curtain: diplomacy and, 97; fall of (1989), 11; Geneva Summit and, 30; geography of international tourism and, 83; permeability of, 12, 13, 24, 26, 189, 204n49; physical separation due to, 2–4, 10; stereotypes and, 192; transnational relations across, 9, 17, 143; use of term by Spanish officials, 224n83; vacationing beyond, 46. See also Cold War
  • Italy: automobiles in, 45; economic growth in, 45; fascism in, 3; Helsinki Agreement and, 222n43; international tourism in, 52, 80, 214n51, 237n9; paid vacations in, 9; tourist infrastructure in, 65; tourists from, 5, 221n19
  • Jacolin, Henry, 21
  • James (saint), 76, 219–20n187
  • Jews, 145, 201n7
  • Jora, Mihail, 126
  • Judt, Tony, 46, 201n17
  • Kamocsa, Béla, 178
  • Khrushchev, Nikita, 29–31, 86
  • Koenker, Diane, 8–10
  • Koshar, Rudy, 8
  • Kotkin, Steven, 82
  • laborers. See working class
  • Lacy-Zarubin Agreement (1958), 208n43
  • Lang de Threlfall, Ilse, 175–76
  • Lătărețu, Maria, 126
  • Latham, Peter, 118–19
  • Latin America: Feria del Campo and, 102; tourists from, 82, 83, 89, 94, 223n70; World Youth Festival participants from, 25
  • Lazaga, Pedro, 1, 2, 200n1
  • Lăzărescu, Cezar, 162
  • Lee, Cristopher, 223n51
  • lifestyles, 2, 17, 136, 143, 144, 168
  • lodging: access to, 60; allocation of, 82; architectural designs, 69, 70, 170, 237n14; on Black Sea Coast, 66–67, 66f, 160–68, 238n23, 242n137; classification of, 67, 70–71, 77–78, 217n144, 220n200; complaints regarding, 109, 146, 161; condition of, 30, 31; on Costa Brava, 74, 74t, 219n185; on Costa del Sol, 168–72, 171f, 240n71; costs of, 71t, 77, 146; development of, 52–53, 212n22; for domestic tourism, 49; growth of, 71–72, 78–79, 219n172; for health resorts and spas, 71, 217n151; institutional organization of, 38, 40, 41; luxury, 40, 66, 75, 77, 136, 147, 170–71; morality and, 153; overestimates of capacity, 161, 239n48; price controls for, 54, 73, 192–94; at private homes, 53, 145, 146, 171, 232–33n6; refurbishment of, 124; regulations for, 145–47; restaurants on site, 30, 67, 69, 170; structural differences in, 218n154; tourist shops within, 211n99. See also specific accommodations
  • López de Letona, José, 97
  • Luca, Fănică, 126
  • Luca, Vasile, 201nn7–8
  • Ludtke, Alf, 12, 148
  • Lupu, Traian, 88, 111
  • MacCannell, Dean, 7
  • Maestre, Benito, 103
  • males. See men
  • Mamaia resort (Romania): consumer services in, 121; cosmopolitanism of, 160; film depiction of, 1–2; French exchange students at, 21; government investment in, 162; guidebooks on, 160; popularity of, 65, 191, 217n139; Siutghiol Lake rehabilitation project, 107; tourist infrastructure, 66–67, 66f, 160–62, 178, 238n23; tourist suggestions regarding, 122
  • Manescu, Manea, 194
  • Manzano, Jose Luque, 169
  • Marbella resort (Spain), 1, 168–70
  • mass tourism: beach tourism, 158, 159, 170, 192; cost considerations, 5–6, 64; economic growth and, 44–45; as global phenomenon, 10, 25; infrastructure for, 5, 67, 170, 187; international relations and, 8; modernization and, 47; promotion of, 22, 206n7; redistributive effects of, 46, 80. See also charter flights; vacation packages
  • Maurer, Ion Gheorghe, 50, 194, 244n21, 244n26
  • McNally, Raymond, 91–94
  • Mediterranean region: airline connections with, 6; democratization of international tourism in, 6; in integrated histories of Europe, 6; international tourism in, 52, 159, 237n9. See also specific countries
  • men: consumerism and, 133; as tourist workers, 9, 158. See also gender
  • Mercur (Romania), 210n99
  • Merino, Fernando, 245n33
  • Michael I (king of Romania), 4
  • middle class: charter flights and, 64; Costa del Sol and, 170–71, 185; everyday life and, 131; formation of, 130; targeted by socialist country tourism, 9; tourist mindset among, 5, 46; tourist shops and, 129
  • Middle East: airline connections with, 212n22; tourists from, 83, 89; tourist worker trainees from, 224n101; World Youth Festival participants from, 25
  • Mincu, Iulian, 201n9
  • Ministry of Information and Tourism (Spain): assessment of tourism sector, 108; bureaucratic procedures, 56; censorship regulations, 154; on commercialization of tourism, 96; on Costa del Sol, 168, 173, 175–76; establishment of, 36, 41; Fraga as head of, 41, 42, 50; General Directorate of Tourism (DGT), 14, 36, 40–42; Hotel Credit Program and, 78; Insurance Policy Agency, 41–42; lodging regulations, 145–47; newspaper published by, 64; on promotional strategies, 54, 95; refurbishment of restaurants and lodging, 124; on socialist country tourists, 97–98; Spanish Tourist Administration (ATE), 41–42; on transportation infrastructure, 79
  • Ministry of Tourism (Romania): on Black Sea Coast tourism, 165–66; Comturist and, 211n99; establishment of, 38, 39; lack of coordination with Securitate, 180; on lodging classifications, 70; responsibilities of, 39; on socialist country tourists, 167; tourist offices and, 87, 102
  • Miserachs, Xavier: Costa Brava Show, 54
  • mobility, 23–29, 43, 197
  • modernity and modernization: architectural designs and, 70, 237n14; economic, 10, 47–57, 80, 190, 203n42; European model of, 7, 203n42; international tourism and, 2, 7–8, 13, 16, 46–57, 84, 144, 157, 177, 194; in socialist countries, 8, 202n19; of tourist infrastructure, 58–65, 72.73, 78–80, 159, 174
  • monetary overhang, 229n37
  • money. See currency
  • Monserrat, Esteban, 176
  • morality: beach behavior and, 157–58, 184–85; Catholic Church and, 111, 144, 157, 184–85; codes of, 22; congresses of, 157–58; enforcement of, 136, 152, 184; lodging and, 153; public, 21, 22, 188; tourists as threat to, 22, 42, 135, 186; of vacation choices, 54
  • Moranda, Scott, 8
  • Morcillo, Aurora, 9
  • mores: Catholic, 157; local/traditional, 177, 186; sexual, 151, 181, 196; social, 2, 4, 12
  • Morocco, 148, 235n63
  • Moscu, Ion, 218n161
  • motels. See lodging
  • Mussolini, Benito, 24, 37
  • Nădrag, Gheorghe, 218n161
  • national identity, 126, 153, 227n5
  • National Institute for Research and Development in Tourism (Romania), 14, 30, 82, 86, 89, 106, 179
  • nationalism: in advertisements, 90, 91f; liberalization and, 136; privileged forms of, 7; of Romanian Communist Party, 4, 87, 222n41; tourist industries and, 43
  • Nationalists (Spain), 3, 24, 37, 40, 209n75
  • National Office for Tourism–Carpathians (ONT–Carpathians): advertising plans, 190; connections with foreign travel firms, 212n22; on decrease in tourism, 104; development planning, 176; employee selection for, 105; establishment of, 38; on home countries of tourists, 29; lodging and, 71, 217n151; Office for Research and International Analysis, 83–86; responsibilities of, 38, 39, 193–94, 210n99; on restaurants, 122; tourism development plan and, 48–49; tourist worker training and, 48; transportation infrastructure and, 59, 215n80
  • National Office for Tourism–Littoral (ONT–Littoral): advertising plans, 190; buses for organized tours, 165; development planning, 162–64; overestimates of lodging capacity, 161, 239n48; responsibilities of, 39, 210n99; tourist workers at, 149, 161; vacation packages sold by, 177
  • NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), 24, 26, 244n13
  • Nazi Germany: Fordism in, 230n61; Hitler and, 24, 37; Spanish Civil War and, 3, 37
  • Nea Mărin Miliardar (My Uncle, the Billionaire) (film), 1–2, 200n3
  • Neckermann (travel agency), 44, 94, 96, 112, 211n1
  • Neptun-Olimp resort (Romania), 163–65, 177, 191, 239n45
  • Nicolaescu, Sergiu, 1, 2
  • Niculescu-Mizil, Paul, 68
  • Niethammer, Lutz, 117
  • Nixon, Richard, 61
  • norms, 22, 89, 138, 151, 184–85, 212n15
  • North American tourists, 27, 82, 146, 211n2
  • North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), 24, 26, 244n13
  • Northern Europe, tourists from, 13, 22, 46–47, 85, 185
  • Nosferatu (film), 223n51
  • nudist beaches, 160
  • oil crises (1970s), 45, 105–6, 111, 112, 191
  • ONT–Carpathians. See National Office for Tourism–Carpathians
  • ONT–Littoral. See National Office for Tourism–Littoral
  • oral history, 15, 205n60
  • Ottoman Empire, Romanian independence from, 208n51
  • Pack, Sasha, 8
  • package tours. See vacation packages
  • Pact of Madrid (1953), 24
  • Păduraru, N., 94
  • paid vacations, 9, 45, 84
  • Pan American Airlines, 29–30, 61, 69, 83, 90, 92–93, 223n64
  • passports, 26, 29, 34, 40, 148
  • Patilineț, Vasile, 67
  • Pauker, Ana, 201nn7–8
  • PCR. See Romanian Communist Party
  • Peleș Castle (Romania), 90, 92f
  • Pellejero Martinez, Carmelo, 154, 185, 186
  • Personal/private space, 3, 12, 155, 196, 204n53
  • Petrescu, Alexandru, 100, 102–3
  • Pez Espada Hotel (Torremolinos, Spain), 170, 171f
  • Pittman, Alfred B., Jr., 63
  • Poland: martial law in, 127; open border project, 139; tourists from, 5, 139–40, 142, 221n16
  • Political Bureau (Romanian Communist Party): assessment of tourism sector, 104–5; foreign policy strategy, 101; on gifts given to tourist workers, 138; on health resorts and spas, 67–68; leadership role of, 205n56; plan for tourism development, 48–49; on tourists from capitalist countries, 47–48, 61
  • Pop, Mihai, 94
  • Popa, Dumitru, 90
  • Popular Front (Spain), 3, 235n65
  • Portugal: Helsinki Agreement and, 222n43; international tourism in, 52, 189
  • postwar Europe: East–West divide in, 33, 188, 189, 206n64; economic growth in, 44–45; Francoist Spain as pariah state in, 3; geopolitics of, 56; integrated histories of, 6, 23, 201n17, 205n55; tourism’s growth in, 41, 44. See also specific regions and countries
  • power: bargaining, 16; of Central Committee, 124; challenges to, 183, 196; consolidation of, 4; institutional, 213n36; relations of, 23; of ruling regime, 12, 73, 105, 150; soft, 34, 204n48
  • Prague Spring (1968), 84, 87, 225n102
  • Prahova Valley (Romania), 21, 30–31, 58–59, 65, 72, 90, 138, 190
  • prejudice. See discrimination and stereotypes
  • Prohl, Erich, 152
  • propaganda: in Francoist Spain, 35, 36, 41–42, 100, 173, 222n38, 234n44; in Romania, 195; tourist offices and, 88; Western, 26, 33; World Youth Festival and, 26
  • prostitution, 136, 151–56, 180, 236n87
  • public morality, 21, 22, 188
  • Publiturist (Romania), 210–11n99
  • Pula, Besnik, 82
  • Rădulescu, Gheorghe (Gogu), 50, 122, 228n26
  • Remember (film), 222n37
  • resorts: archive materials on, 205n56; on Black Sea Coast, 66–67, 66f, 160–68, 238n23; on Costa Brava, 74, 74t, 219n185; on Costa del Sol, 168–72, 171f, 240n71; health resorts and spas, 38, 65, 67–68, 71–72, 217n151; restaurants at, 66–67, 160, 166–68, 170, 178–79, 240n62. See also specific resorts
  • restaurants: in border areas, 32; complaints regarding, 84, 110; construction of, 108, 212n22; consumerism and, 120, 132; in hotels, 30, 67, 69, 170; institutional organization of, 38, 41; price controls for, 54, 73, 192–93; refurbishment of, 124; at resorts, 66–67, 160, 166–68, 170, 178–79, 240n62; supply issues for, 122; tourist promotion and, 48, 213n26; at World Youth Festival, 25
  • Rodriguez, Fernando, 129
  • Rodriguez Acosta, Antonio Garcia, 97–98, 147, 170, 175
  • Rodríguez de Miguel, Luis, 97
  • Romanian Air Transport Agency (TAROM): airline connection with US, 29–30, 61, 90, 93; charter flights and, 86, 93; establishment of, 215n77; flights to/from capitalist countries, 57, 60; monopoly held by, 61, 216n109
  • Romanian Communist Party (PCR): consolidation of power, 4; Council of Ministers, 14, 29, 69, 77, 119–20, 123, 167, 215n89; Executive Committee, 69, 89; leadership of, 4, 167, 201nn7–8; nationalism of, 4, 87, 222n41; Secretary Office, 15, 205n56. See also Central Committee; Political Bureau
  • Romanian Socialist Republic: archive materials from, 13–16, 205nn56–57; balance of payments in, 10, 49–50; black markets in, 12, 137–44, 156, 227n11; blat system in, 144, 156; commerce in, 118–26, 227n8, 227nn10–11, 228n19; consumer goods shortages, 4, 12, 112, 123, 127, 134, 150, 194, 201n9, 229n35, 229n46; diplomatic relations with Francoist Spain, 99–102, 130, 224n92; domestic tourism in, 38–39, 49, 59, 161–62, 225n118; economic crises in, 72, 219n175; émigré communities, 88, 222n37; Europeanization of, 104; Feria del Campo and, 102–3; foreign policy strategy, 60, 213n42; Helsinki Agreement and, 222n43; independence from Ottoman Empire, 208n51; international isolation of, 2, 47; liberalization in, 4, 13, 43, 71, 126, 135–37, 178, 204n52; Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 32, 60, 87–88; Ministry of the Interior, 180; mobility and immobility in, 23–26, 28–29; modernization in, 2, 7, 10, 46–50, 55–56, 79–80, 194, 202n19, 203n42; nationalization of factories and shops, 228n22; planned economy in, 47, 55, 57, 105, 123; propaganda in, 195; prostitution in, 151–53, 155, 156, 180, 236n87; rationing in, 118, 123, 191, 195, 201n9, 228n33, 244n27; revolution in (1989), 148, 149; seasonal workers in, 46, 164; Soviet relations with, 4, 24, 31, 50, 87, 228n31; welfare state in, 125. See also Ceaușescu, Nicolae; international tourism in Romania; Securitate
  • Romanian Workers’ Party. See Romanian Communist Party
  • Rome, Treaty of (1957), 45
  • Sabena (Belgian airline), 30, 60, 208n44
  • SAHIA (Romanian film company), 222n37
  • Salkeld, Roy, 176
  • Sánchez Bella, Alfredo, 63, 151, 175
  • Santiago de Compostela (Spain), 26, 75–76, 76f, 219–20n187
  • Scandinavian tourists, 5, 49, 85, 158–59, 192, 221n19
  • Securitate (Romanian secret police): archive materials from, 14, 16, 205n57, 234n34; background checks for tourist workers, 232n5; black markets and, 137–40, 142–44; concerns regarding Western tourists, 34; on currency smuggling, 140–41; French exchange students surveilled by, 21; on prostitution, 152, 153; surveillance activities, 180–81, 194; on tourist-citizen relationships, 12, 135–37, 150, 181; World Youth Festival and, 26
  • Sedó Gómez, Ramón, 97–98
  • Seib, Hugo V.: “Romania by Car,” 31
  • sex and sexuality: liberal views of, 151–54, 156, 197; mores related to, 151, 181, 196; prostitution, 136, 151–56, 180, 236n87; tourist influences on, 12, 152, 154–56, 159, 186, 194, 197; of youth, 184
  • Sipciu, Petru, 94
  • smuggling, 17, 27, 140–41, 144–45, 148, 180, 195, 205n57
  • Snak, Oskar, 49–50, 111, 213n36
  • social class. See class
  • socialism and socialist countries: blat system in, 144, 149, 156, 235n68; capitalism in relation to, 10–11, 17, 203n43; consumption in, 125; delegitimization of, 140, 204n48; everyday life under, 117, 143, 156; Feria del Campo and, 102; gender in, 236n81; lack of convertible currencies, 215n91; meetings among tourist organizations, 32–33, 43, 47, 190; mobility and immobility in, 23, 26; modernization in, 8, 202n19; money in, 139–40, 233n18; passports and visas for travel to, 26, 32; personal space and, 196, 204n53; prices for tourist services in, 33; promotion of ideological superiority of, 25, 89; terminology considerations, 207n27; territorial development in, 159; tourists from, 5, 17, 30–33, 59, 82, 84–85, 91, 96–99, 165–68, 178–82, 191–92; workers as purposeful consumers in, 8. See also specific countries
  • Socialist Unity Party (East Germany), 8
  • Southern Europe: GDP per capita in, 220n3; hard currency acquisition in, 46; in integrated histories of Europe, 23; international tourism in, 80; mobility from, 22; modernization in, 13; prices for tourist services in, 33; similarities with Eastern Europe, 23, 188, 203n39. See also specific countries
  • Soviet Union: airline connections with, 85; consumer goods in, 86; Czechoslovakia invasion (1968), 87, 213n42, 225n102; de-Stalinization project in, 29, 161; Fordism in, 230n61; Geneva Summit and, 31; Hungary intervention (1956), 25, 50, 238n22; relations with Romania, 4, 24, 31, 50, 87, 228n31; sphere of influence, 24; workers as purposeful consumers in, 8; World Youth Festival participants from, 25. See also Cold War
  • space: built, 159, 164, 168; green, 160, 165, 173, 176; leisure, 159, 187–88; personal, 3, 12, 155, 196, 204n53; urban, 160, 172
  • Spain. See Francoist Spain
  • Spanish Civil War (1936–1939): émigré communities following, 23, 219n186; infrastructure destruction in, 40; Nationalists and, 3, 24, 37, 40, 209n75; negative images associated with, 37; Popular Front and, 3, 235n65
  • Spanish Foreign Exchange Institute (IEME), 27, 207n31
  • Stabilization Plan of 1959 (Spain), 3, 37, 42, 51, 131–32, 134, 153, 158
  • Stalin, Joseph and Stalinism, 29, 31, 136, 161
  • Stângaciu, Vl., 29–30
  • stereotypes. See discrimination and stereotypes
  • Stoica, Chivu, 32
  • supermarkets, 132, 134, 184
  • SUR (newspaper), 148, 172, 224n93, 243n158
  • Tampoși, Nicholas, 90
  • Tănase, Maria, 126
  • TAROM. See Romanian Air Transport Agency
  • Taylor, Karin, 8
  • technocrats, 42, 104–5, 112–13
  • Teodorescu, Gheorghe, 162
  • theft, 105, 136, 150–51
  • totalitarianism, 143, 196, 201n4, 244n29. See also dictatorships
  • tourism. See domestic tourism; international tourism
  • tourist gaze, 7, 46, 132
  • tourist infrastructure: on Black Sea Coast, 71, 72, 159–68, 238nn23–24; on Costa del Sol, 159, 168–72, 240n71; destruction of, 40; institutional organization of, 38–39; investments in, 68, 72, 107, 108; for mass tourism, 5, 67, 170, 187; modernization of, 58–65, 72.73, 78–80, 159, 174; prioritization of, 44; private sector and, 64, 73–75, 77, 109; sanitation systems, 109, 110, 173; state management of, 64–73, 75–80, 108–9; urban development and, 53, 65, 173, 187. See also lodging; restaurants; transportation infrastructure
  • tourist mindset, 5, 46, 72, 212n15
  • tourist visas: for capitalist country tourists, 32, 48, 57; entry and exit, 29, 35, 40, 64, 98, 217n129; for socialist country tourists, 23, 32, 97–99
  • tourist workers: archive materials on, 14, 205n57; background checks for, 232n5; black markets and, 137–38, 142–43; currency exchange by, 142; gender and, 9, 158–59, 168, 196; gifts given to, 137–38, 149–50; patriotic rhetoric aimed at, 137; reassignment of, 124; seasonal, 46, 53, 164, 174; social mobility for, 197; surveillance of, 194; tips for, 145–46; training for, 39, 44, 48, 69, 89, 100, 121, 224n101; virtual traveling by, 196
  • Tower International Corporation, 69
  • trade unions, 37–41, 45, 100, 108, 162, 164, 217n151, 238n24
  • transportation infrastructure: boats, 58, 215n80; buses, 31, 35, 59–60, 100, 101, 160, 165; complaints regarding, 63, 216n120; destruction of, 40; for domestic tourism, 59; efficiency of, 16, 57, 62, 79; global networks, 47, 57–64; modernization of, 58–64, 79, 174, 216n99; pan-European, 57–64; railways, 36, 57–59, 62–63, 108, 160, 165, 212n22, 215n92; roads, 31, 36, 57–60, 62–63, 66, 79, 108, 212n22. See also airline transportation; automobiles
  • Treaty of Rome (1957), 45
  • TUI (travel agency), 94, 112
  • El Turismo es un Gran Invento (Tourism Is a Great Invention) (film), 1, 2, 200nn1–2
  • Turkey: Helsinki Agreement and, 222n43; international tourism in, 52
  • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). See Soviet Union
  • unions. See trade unions
  • United Nations: Spain as member of, 36; World Trade Conference, 50
  • United Nations Development Programme, 103, 225n111
  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), 112, 225n111
  • United States: airline connections with, 6, 29–30, 61, 83, 90, 93, 212n22, 223n64; deindustrialization in, 107; Dracula legend and, 90–94; Feria del Campo and, 102; Geneva Summit and, 31; National Security Council, 24; relations with Francoist Spain, 3, 24–26, 36, 41, 192, 244n13; reunification with relatives from, 32; tourists from, 34–35, 46, 54, 82–83, 85, 94, 96, 192, 223n70; urban development in, 65; welfare state in, 45. See also Cold War
  • Urry, John, 5, 7, 9, 46
  • USSR (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics). See Soviet Union
  • vacation packages: advertisements for, 35, 177; beach tourism and, 162, 167; costs of, 5, 64, 86, 106; sales strategies, 96, 102; tariffs charges on, 167; for working class, 6
  • Vega, Camillo Alonso, 147
  • vehicles. See automobiles
  • Viajes Montesol (travel agency), 98–99
  • Viard, Jean, 212n15
  • villas. See lodging
  • visas. See tourist visas
  • Wallerstein, Immanuel, 203n43
  • Walton, John K., 8
  • Warsaw Pact, 24, 87, 213n42, 216n98, 225n102, 238n22
  • welfare state, 45, 125, 212n12
  • Western Europe: airline connections with, 32, 60, 212n22; capitalism in, 6, 22, 26, 60, 98; deindustrialization in, 107; democratization of international tourism in, 6; Feria del Campo and, 102; GDP per capita in, 220n3; inflation in, 191, 193; in integrated histories of Europe, 6, 23; labor productivity in, 45; mobility from, 22–25; modernization in, 203n42; normalization of relations with Francoist Spain, 42; prices for tourist services in, 33; tourists from, 5–6, 13, 22, 35, 45–47, 82, 94; welfare state in, 45, 212n12; World Youth Festival participants from, 25. See also specific countries
  • West Germany: airline connections with, 64; Arbeiter Wohfatr travel agency in, 239n55; black market goods from, 138; economic growth in, 45; international tourism in, 52; Neckermann travel agency in, 44, 94, 96, 112, 211n1; relations with Romania, 60, 213n42, 216n98; reunification with relatives from, 138; tourists from, 5, 35, 44–45, 49, 54, 64, 85, 94, 96, 106, 138, 193, 205n57, 211n2, 221n19, 221n24, 223n70, 239n55; TUI travel agency in, 94, 112
  • women: in bikinis, 1–2, 22, 34, 157–58, 185–86, 197; consumerism and, 132, 133; dress codes for, 184, 196; economic independence for, 158, 186, 196; Falangists and, 3, 186; “new woman” in communist regimes, 152; in prostitution, 136, 151–56, 180, 236n87; as tourist workers, 9, 158–59, 168, 196. See also gender
  • working class: Costa del Sol and, 171; health resorts and spas for, 38; labor productivity, 45; oil crises and, 110; profitability of tourism by, 32; targeted by socialist country tourism, 9; tourist mindset among, 5, 46; vacation packages for, 6; World Youth Festival and, 25. See also tourist workers
  • World Bank, 16, 41, 42
  • World Tourism Organization (WTO): archive of, 14; establishment of, 88, 222n42; hard currency acquisition and, 88–89; headquarters of, 83, 103–4; as intragovernmental organization, 103, 225n111; political considerations, 112; transnational relations and, 17
  • World Youth Festival (1953), 25–26
  • Wright, Frank Lloyd, 70
  • WTO. See World Tourism Organization
  • Yugoslavia: Helsinki Agreement and, 222n43; international tourism in, 32, 52, 84, 189, 204n51; seasonal workers in, 46; tourist infrastructure in, 65; tourists from, 5, 97–99; workers as purposeful consumers in, 8
  • Zaragoza Orts, Pedro, 22, 158, 197
  • Zillacus, Konni, 32
  • Zuelow, Eric, 10

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