Tourism in Southeast Asia

Challenges and New Directions

Häftad, Engelska, 2009

Av Michel Hitchcock, Victor T. King, Michael Parnwell

389 kr

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Tourism in Southeast Asia provides an up-to-date exploration of the state of tourism development and associated issues in one of the world's most dynamic tourism destinations.The volume takes a close look at many of the challenges facing Southeast Asian tourism at a critical stage of transition and transformation, and following a recent series of crises and disasters. Building on and advancing the path-breaking. Tourism in South-East Asia, produced by the same editors in 1993, it adopts a multidisciplinary approach and includes contributions from some of the leading researchers on tourism in Southeast Asia, presenting a number of fresh perspectives.The volume combines introductory material with an in-depth examination of anthropological writing on Southeast Asian tourism followed by case studies dealing with as diverse issues as globalization, terrorism, 'romance tourism' and ecotourism.

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Utgivningsdatum2009-04-01
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor365
FörlagNIAS Press
ISBN9788776940348

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1. Introduction (Michael Hitchcock, Victor King and Michael Parnwell); 2. Anthropology and Tourism in Southeast Asia (Victor T. King); 3. Indonesian Souvenirs as Micro-Monuments to Globalization and Modernity (Kathleen M. Adams); 4. Terrorism and Tourism in Bali and Southeast Asia (Michael Hitchcock and I Nyoman Darma Putra); 5. From Kebalian to Ajeg Bali: Tourism and Balinese Identity in the Aftermath of the Kuta Bombing (Michel Picard); 6. Tourism Policy-Making in Southeast Asia (Linda K Richter); 7. The Development of Private Tourism Business Activity in the Transitional Vietnamese Economy (Jonathan Bennett); 8. Tourism in the Lao People's Democratic Republic (David Harrison and Steven Schipani); 9. Southeast Asian Tourism from a Japanese Perspective (Shinji Yamashita); 10. Cultural and Gender Politics in China-Vietnam Border Tourism (Chan Yuk Wah); 11. Romance and Sex Tourism (Heidi Dahles); 12. A Political Ecology of Sustainable Tourism in Southeast Asia (Michael J.G. Parnwell); 13. New Directions in Indonesian Ecotourism (Janet Cochrane); 14. Dragon Tourism Revisited: The Sustainability of Tourism Development in Komodo National Park (Henning Borchers); 15. Is the Beach Party Over? Tourism and the Environment in Small Islands: A Case Study of Gili Trawangan, Lombok, Indonesia (Mark Hampton and Joanna Hampton); 16. Conclusion: Current Issues in Southeast Asian Tourism (Michael Hitchcock, Victor King and Michael Parnwell); Index