title: Attractiveness of the United States as a travel destination for the Russian tourist in the era of strained bilateral relations
abstract: Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the attractiveness of a global tourism destination when the country of that destination and the country that provides the source market are in a situation of political and economic conflict. In this study, the USA is the vacation destination, and Russia is the tourism generating region. Design/methodology/approach In May 2015, 18 Russian tourists from a large regional urban center participated in qualitative semi-structured interviews. The intervie
journal: International Journal of Tourism Cities