Responsible Rural Tourism in Asia

Vikneswaran Nair is Professor and Dean, Graduate Studies & Research, University of The Bahamas, The Bahamas.Amran Hamzah is Professor and Director of the Centre for Innovative Planning and Development, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.Ghazali Musa is Professor, Faculty of Business and Accountancy, University of Malaya, Malaysia.

• Contributors Acknowledgements Introduction1. Vikneswaran Nair, Ghazali Musa and Amran Hamzah: Conceptualizing Responsible Rural Tourism in Asia Theme 1: Harmony Between Humans and Nature in Moulding Rural Tourism in Asia2. Sarah Schiffling, Chris Phelan and Karma Pema Loday: Responsible Rural Tourism in Bhutan: Aligning Gross National Happiness with the Cape Town Principles 3. Trevor H.B. Sofield and Fung Mei Sarah Li: Crown Cave, Guilin: A Chinese Perspective on Responsible Rural TourismTheme 2: An Essentially Asian Form of Rural Tourism4. Lee Jolliffe and Moe Nakashima: Responsible Rural Tourism in Japan’s Tea Villages 5. Thu Thi Trinh: Community Garden Experience During the Off-Peak Tourism Rainy Season at Hoi An Heritage Town, Vietnam 6. Anu Treesa George, Terry DeLacy and Min Jiang: Responsible Rural Tourism Initiatives and Local Community Development in Kerala, India Theme 3: Tourism That Takes Place in Rural Areas7. Miguela M. Mena and Charmielyn C. Sy: Linking Responsible Rural Tourism to Agritourism in the Philippines: A Case Study of Costales Nature Farms8. Sıla Karacaoğlu and Medet Yolal: Is Community-Based Tourism a Tool for the Sustainability of the Local Community and the Local Economy? The Case of Coruh Valley, Turkey 9. Tramy Ngo and Nguyen Thi Huyen: Community Characteristics, Social Cohesion and the Success of Community-Based Tourism: Case Studies of Vietnam 10. Amran Hamzah: Conversations with the Local Champions of Miso Walai Homestay: Responsible Tourism in Practice 11. Trevor H.B. Sofield: ‘MlupBaitong’ – A Pioneer in Responsible Rural Tourism in Cambodia 12. Frederic Bouchon: Can Tourism be a Success Story? Stakeholders’ Management and Narratives of Rural Tourism: Reflexive Analysis of a Tourism Project in Timor Leste 13. Joo-Ee Gan and Vikneswaran Nair: The Constructs of Responsible Rural Tourism Governance for Belum-Temengor Forest Reserve, Malaysia Conclusion14. Amran Hamzah, Vikneswaran Nair and Ghazali Musa: The Quest for an Essentially Asian Form of Rural Tourism Index

This book is refreshingly about a discipline of gradualism over abrupt change, and the chapters offer practical solutions over lofty theories. This book is as much about opposing Western biocentrism as it is about doing sustainable tourism the ‘Asian way’, with a humble focus on respect for nature, diversity and harmony.