Ethnic and Minority Cultures as Tourist Attractions

Anya Diekmann is Professor of Tourism at the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium. Her research focuses mainly on cultural tourism, urban ethnic and slum tourism as well as social tourism.Melanie Kay Smith is Associate Professor in Tourism at BKF University of Applied Sciences, Budapest. Her research focuses on cultural tourism, community-based tourism, urban development and planning and health and wellness tourism.

• ContributorsPrefaceAcknowledgementsIntroductionPart One: Socio-Cultural Developments1. Negotiating Asian identities in London and other Gateway Cities - Stephen J. Shaw2. Discovering or Intruding? Guided Tours in the Ethnic District Matonge in Brussels - Isabelle Cloquet and Anya Diekmann3. The Potential for Roma Tourism in Hungary - Anita Zatori and Melanie SmithPart Two: Community Perceptions4. Reflections on Ethnic and Minority Communities as a Tool for Improving Intercultural Change in Tourism - Yvette Reisinger and Omar Moufakkir5. Shifting Perceptions: Negotiating Place and Space in the Israeli Desert Frontier Town of Mitzpe Ramon - Joshua Schmidt6. Slum Dwellers’ Perceptions of Tourism in Dharavi, Mumbai - Anya Diekmann and Nimit ChowdaryPart Three: Visitor Experiences7. Would You Be a Favela Tourist? Confronting Expectations and Moral Concerns amongst Brazilian and Foreign Potential Tourists - Bianca Freire-Medeiros and Márcio Grijó Vilarouca8. China Towns as Tourist Attractions in Australia - Jock Collins Part Four: Development Policies9. Ethnic Tourism in Rural China: Cultural or Economic ‘Development’? - Nelson Graburn10. Jewish Culture and Tourism in Budapest - Melanie Smith and Anita Zatori11. Pink Tourism in Cape Town – the Development of the Post-Apartheid Gay Quarter - Esti VenskeConclusions

This is an excellent and comprehensive account of a critical field in tourism research, stretching its boundaries to key issues in urbanism, and will appeal to academics and place managers alike. The chapters do a great job of documenting how the sticky mobilities of migrations and diasporas and the fast mobility of tourism juxtapose in – and negotiate – places, in ways that may be subversive or strident, but are ultimately generative of change and discourse.