Goodwill tour

Goodwill tour

A goodwill tour is a term used to indicate a tour by someone or something famous to a series of places, with the purpose of (1) showing friendship for the places on the tour and (2) exhibiting the item or person to places visited.

Goodwill tours are meant to be friendly; however, in some cases, they may be intimidating to the people or the government at the place visited. At the same time, a visit by a goodwill tour might be used as a way of “reminding” the place and government visited of a friendship previously established or assumed.

Examples of the term

* A goodwill tour of the Mediterranean by ships of the U.S. Navy.
* A goodwill tour by the Graf zeppelin.
* A goodwill tour of the Commonwealths by the King.
* A goodwill tour of South America by the Pope.
* [http://www.forward.com/articles/dance-troupe-from-israel-wraps-up-goodwill-tour-of/ "Dance Troupe From Israel Wraps Up Goodwill Tour of America"]
* [http://www.nba.com/features/kiki_diary_020521.html "Denver Nuggets Goodwill Tour"]

Famous goodwill tours

* The goodwill tour by the USS Maine (ACR-1) to Havana harbor.
* The goodwill tour of Japan by Admiral Perry in 1852.

External links

* [http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=%27goodwill+tour%27&ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-adbe&pstart=1&b=11 Laura Bush visits Middle East in goodwill tour]


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