2008
DOI: 10.1177/110330880701600102
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The practice of free-traveling

Abstract: The article explores the case of youth travel in modern Russia. Free-traveling is conceptualized as a spatial practice which is a set of techniques that allows young people to gain access to foreign space and in foreign space. The issue of free-traveling is problematized in the context of spatial dimension of social exclusion of young people — access and its physical, financial and information aspects. The concept of spatial practice is proposed to explain how young people struggle with information, financial … Show more

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“…Visiting other countries and cultures has been an uncommon practice in the days of Soviet rule resulting in low numbers of outbound tourism. According to Zuev (2008) independent travel abroad was a privilege of a chosen few such as prominent members of the Communist party and Komsomol leader (party youth wing). Moreover, during the Soviet period "abroad" has taken a mythological dimension in the minds of the citizens: Borders between internal (home, Soviet Union, East) and external space (abroad, West) functioned for insiders in order to keep the monopoly of the state over the knowledge about abroad and its mythical "milk and honey" resources (p. 12).…”
Section: The Eastern European Tourism Marketmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Visiting other countries and cultures has been an uncommon practice in the days of Soviet rule resulting in low numbers of outbound tourism. According to Zuev (2008) independent travel abroad was a privilege of a chosen few such as prominent members of the Communist party and Komsomol leader (party youth wing). Moreover, during the Soviet period "abroad" has taken a mythological dimension in the minds of the citizens: Borders between internal (home, Soviet Union, East) and external space (abroad, West) functioned for insiders in order to keep the monopoly of the state over the knowledge about abroad and its mythical "milk and honey" resources (p. 12).…”
Section: The Eastern European Tourism Marketmentioning
confidence: 99%