Titolo Tourism, Americanization and the Vietnam War R&R Scheme in Sydney, Australia, 1967-71 Periodico Journal of contemporary history Anno: 2025 - Volume: 60 - Fascicolo: 1 - Pagina iniziale: 80 - Pagina finale: 98
Australia's addition to the Vietnam War R&R scheme in September 1967 brought some 280,000 short-stay tourists to Sydney, and particularly its notorious 'red light district', Kings Cross. We show how Australia's experience of this 'friendly invasion' aided considerably in the development of a nascent tourist industry in Sydney