'This work is written in a generally dynamic and authoritative manner and makes enlightened reading for anyone interested in development issues relating to tourism.' - Dr Marcus Stephenson, Tourism Concern'A useful collection of interesting and insightful contributions which illustrate the multiple benefits of anthropological perspectives on local development provides a variety of fascinating case studies which traverse and subvert the artifical divisions, between the 'developing' and the 'developed' world.' - Marcus Power, Third World Planning Review'Very interesting ... readable, concise book.' - Anthropos, 96, 2001