Journal of Tourism & Hospitality
Open Access

Abstract

Roma Ethnic Tourism: Could it orks in Slovakia?

Daniela Hutarova* and Ivana Kozelova

The study of the heritage of Roma culture offers a great wealth of resources for tourism development. Some alternative tourism products include, for example, Roma festivals, theatre, music, painting, fashion, gastronomy, and creative tourism. This would be particularly beneficial in the marginal and less-favored regions. Today, the Roma ethnic group in Slovakia is more internally divided culturally, socially, and sub-ethnically than in the days of socialism. The disintegration of the traditional Roma family has led to many negative effects and crisis phenomena. Building a positive relationship of Roma towards their ethnicity, could prevent the loss of Roma cultural heritage.

Published Date: 2021-12-09; Received Date: 2021-11-18