Sport Tourism as a Means of Reconciliation?: the Case of India-Pakistab Cricket

• Autores: John Beech, Andrew Rigby, Ian Talbot, Shinder Thandi
• Localización: Tourism recreation research, ISSN 0250-8281, Vol. 30, Nº. 1, 2005, págs. 83-91
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Sport provides an opportunity for international contact both at the level of competitors and, in ranch larger nundorrs, of spectators. Where there has been a redrawing of political boundaries, often through tear or bloody partition, the peoples involved may find sports matches a medium for reconciliation and rcdefinitiun of personal allegiances. pacing reviewed the difficulties faced by the International Olympic Commit tee over the years and the strange anomalies that have arisen With divided countries, the article offers a systematic review of cross-border sport tourism in the case of cricket matches between India and Pakistan. I he lest series of early' 19.55 is used to illustrate the reaction, and reflections of spectators in a situation where there was the first mass cross-border contact lollowing a period of severe confrontation which fell just short of tear. The more recent Die )err Laa (Win I harts) hour of 2004 is then re iewed, including the political preparations which enabled it to take placo and the problematic nature of managing' this first sustained encounter for fourteen years. The article then considers whether such sporting contact between spectators can offer the potential to promote a longer-tern peace and its concomitant reconciliation process. With reference to frameworks of reconciliation theories, it concludes that While such contact may be o1 catalyst for inter-personal reconciliation, the overall level of reconciliation will be dependent on broader issues such as the nations' political will to achieve reconciliation.