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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
- 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