Genealogy Tourism is a segment of the tourism market consisting of tourists who have ancestral connections to their holiday destination. Thesegenealogy tourists travel to the land of their ancestors to reconnect with their past and "walk in the footsteps of their forefathers".
Genealogy tourism is a worldwide industry, although it is more prominent in countries that have experienced mass emigration at some time in history and thus have a large worldwide Diasporacommunity. For example, genealogy tourism has been prominent in Irelandfor some time. Recorded genealogy tourism peaked in the year 2000 as 116,000 genealogical visitors traveled to the island.[1] The Irish Tourist Boardceased recording genealogy visitors numbers from 2004, and its present levels are now unknown. Now the genealogy tourism is very popular to countries of Central Europe where theWorld War II caused mass migrations of population. Particularly Jewish genealogy tourism is very popular and on the rise.[2]
Scotland staged a homecoming festival in 2009 to appeal to genealogy tourists.
Militarism heritage tourism is a type of tourism, when people are visiting places of former military sites. For example, visiting former military sites and facilities.
Interesting reminders of former military sites are in the Baltic States, which used to be occupied by the USSR.
Militarism heritage sites in Lithuania
- Former Soviet Nuclear launch site near Žemaičių Kalvarija, Samogitia [1].
Militarism heritage sites in Nicaragua
- Former Battlefield site during theNicaraguan Revolution. The revolution involved a war campaign led by theSandinista National Liberation Front(FSLN) to violently oust the Somoza dictatorship in 1978-79. A strategic battle was campaigned on Colina (Hill) 155, located in O Parks, WildLife, and Recreation, El Ostional, Rivas, Nicaragua. [2].
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