“Routes of Friendship”: Organization of International Tourism in Countries of Socialist Camp in 1950-1980s

The institutional foundations, organizational features, the main trends and problems of cooperation between European member states of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (CMEA) in the field of international tourism in the second half of the 1950s — 1980s are described in the article. Specific...

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Main Author: A. D. Popov
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Language:Russian
Published: Tsentr nauchnykh i obrazovatelnykh proektov 2021-06-01
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Online Access:https://www.nauka-dialog.ru/jour/article/view/2816
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“Routes of Friendship”: Organization of International Tourism in Countries of Socialist Camp in 1950-1980s
Научный диалог
international tourism
services sector
council for mutual economic assistance
socialist integration
non-currency exchange
cold war
title “Routes of Friendship”: Organization of International Tourism in Countries of Socialist Camp in 1950-1980s
title_full “Routes of Friendship”: Organization of International Tourism in Countries of Socialist Camp in 1950-1980s
title_fullStr “Routes of Friendship”: Organization of International Tourism in Countries of Socialist Camp in 1950-1980s
title_full_unstemmed “Routes of Friendship”: Organization of International Tourism in Countries of Socialist Camp in 1950-1980s
title_short “Routes of Friendship”: Organization of International Tourism in Countries of Socialist Camp in 1950-1980s
title_sort routes of friendship organization of international tourism in countries of socialist camp in 1950 1980s
topic international tourism
services sector
council for mutual economic assistance
socialist integration
non-currency exchange
cold war
url https://www.nauka-dialog.ru/jour/article/view/2816
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