1 PEACE THROUGH TOURISM: HOW CAN TOURISM LEAD PEACE?

2 This paper explores the way in which tourism leads peace. Absence of war is an essential condition of peace, but it is not at all sufficient for any people to feel peaceful. Peace contains more positive concept. Tourism is not only the beneficiary of peace, but also a vital force for both negative and positive peace. Tourism should be designed and conducted in a proper way because it has both benefits and costs to local and global economy, society, culture and environment. If all the actors play their own role, tourism can gradually lead to peace. To hasten the pace of this positive change, the current framework of tourism be changed. If the current one-way flow of tourists from developed countries to developing countries is replaced by two-way flow of tourists, hosts and guests can be interchangeable and can stand on an equal footing. Tourism can lead peace when it is properly conducted by each actor and when more people can have opportunities to be tourists