away from the entrance. You want to be inconspicuous, out of the line of fire and protected from any bomb blasts. The same precautions should be taken at hotels, at clubs and even sitting on the deck of a yacht in the harbor.”13
In other words, it is best to blend with the crowd. The concept of camouflage appears to be as useful for the tour-
“foreign bodies”14 targeted as invaders “facing anything from xenophobic suspicion to outright contempt.”15 ist, as for the soldier. They are both
The tourist and the soldier are ambassadors of another nationality and as such they are immediately confronted with preconceived notions of their country. Moreover, local communities disdain the commercial littering associated with tourists which at times can ruin the historic integrity of natural and cultural resources. However, anthropologist Valene Smith explains that “[c]ontempo-
rary tourism accounts for the single largest peaceful movement of people across cultural areas in the history of the world.”16 Socio-economists characterize tourism as “the world’s peace industry.”17 82