Tourism and settler colonialism

Unraveling neoliberal façades and spatial dispossession

Datos Bibliográficos

ID12697604
AutoresSubhajit Pal (0000-0003-0421-3997, University at Albany, State University of New York, autor de correspondencia)
Año2025
Volumen25
Número2
Páginas185-209
Fecha de publicación2025-05-09
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaTourist Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1468-7976 • E-ISSN: 1741-3206
EditorialSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/14687976251338381
OpenAlexW4410236139
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas1
Referencias citadas41

This paper examines the infrastructural assemblage of tourism in Indian-occupied Kashmir post-2019 focusing on the role of religious pilgrims and tourists in the settler-colonial dispossession of Kashmiris. Drawing from Critical Kashmir Studies (CKS), Critical Tourism Studies (CTS), and ethnographic fieldwork, the paper explores how tourism facilitates the reordering of spaces and restricts local mobility, contributing to the erasure of indigenous histories and identities. Through interviews with Indian tourists and Kashmiri locals, the research uncovers the subtle yet powerful ways through which tourism, in conjunction with military securitization, legitimizes the Indian state’s control over Kashmir. The paper highlights how religious pilgrims, especially during the Amarnath Yatra, are integral to the expansion of settler logics through land grabs and infrastructural development. This study offers a critical analysis of tourism’s role in colonial occupation, contributing to broader discussions on tourism, state power, and indigeneity

Aesthetics · Art · Colonialism · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Geography · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political economy · Political science · Sociology · Tourism · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact · Law · South Asian Studies and Conflicts