Tourism and Discourses of Peace About the UAE in the Israeli Media

Irit Shmuel; Paolo Mura

doi:10.1177/00472875241269937

Tourism and Discourses of Peace About the UAE in the Israeli Media

Irit Shmuel
, Paolo Mura

Hadassah Academic College
Zayed University, Abu Dhabi Campus

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Abstract

By focusing on the recently established diplomatic relations between Israel and the UAE in the aftermath of the 2020 Abraham Peace Accords, this paper critically assesses the emerging narratives of peace and tolerance underpinning the tourism promotional material circulating in the Israeli media between September 2020 (in the aftermath of the Abraham Accords) and August 2023 (before the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war in October 2023). The study employs a variant of critical discourse analysis known as Cultural Critical Discourse Analysis (CCDA) to unravel the cultural nuances embedded within this discourse. Based on this analysis, a dynamic model is presented to highlight two discourse strategies—cosmopolitanism and softening—underpinning the emerging discourse. Overall, this article represents a significant contribution in this specific moment of crisis as it aims to propel peace discourses through tourism in a region characterised by political instability.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1788-1803
Number of pages	16
Journal	Journal of Travel Research
Volume	64
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/00472875241269937
State	Published - Nov 2025
Externally published	Yes

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© The Author(s) 2024. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access page (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).

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Keywords

Israel
UAE
cultural critical discourse analysis
tourism and peace

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