Visitor and non-visitor destination images: The influence of political instability in South-Eastern Europe
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Introduction Among the former communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) Yugoslavia was one of the ‘success stories’ with respect to tourism. (The term Yugoslavia used throughout this paper refers to the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia before its break-up into five/six states from 1991 onwards). There was significant growth in incoming international tourist numbers and expenditure until interrupted by the breakup of the country amid fierce fighting between 1991 and 1995. The outcome of this turmoil was the creation of several countries Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Serbia and Montenegro, Macedonia in place of the former Yugoslavia. All ex-commuHoward L. Hughes
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