John Connell / Barbara Rugendyke (eds.)

Tourism at the Grassroots

Villagers and Visitors in the Asia-Pacific
Herausgeber: Connell, John; Rugendyke, Barbara

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection of essays focuses on both the interactions between tourists and villagers, and the impacts of tourism at the local level, considering economic, social, cultural and environmental changes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 608g
• ISBN-13: 9780415405553
• ISBN-10: 0415405556
• Artikelnr.: 25006845

Autorenporträt

John Connell, Barbara Rugendyke

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Tourism and Local People in the Asia-Pacific Region 2.
Another (Unintended) Legacy of Captain Cook?: The Evolution of Rapanui
(Easter Island) Tourism 3. Moderate Expectations and Benign Exploration:
Tourism in Papua New Guinea 4. 'Everything is Truthful Here': Custom
Village Tourism in Tanna, Vanuatu 5. The Whole Nine Villages: Local Level
Development through Mass Tourism in Tibetan China 6. Weapons of the
Workers: Employees in the Fiji Hotel Scene 7. On the Beach: Small-Scale
Tourism in Samoa 8. After the Bomb in a Balinese Village 9. Sustainability
and Security: Employing Local People in Lombok Hotels, Indonesia 10.
Priorities, People and Preservation: Nature-Based Tourism at Cuc Phuong
National Park, Vietnam 11. Communities on Edge: Conflicts over Community
Tourism in Thailand 12. Community-Based Ecotourism in Thailand 13.
Ecotourism and Indigenous Communities: The Lower Kinabatangan Experience in
Borneo 14. Adventures, Picnics and Nature Tourism: Ecotourism in Malaysian
National Parks 15. Conclusion: Marginal People and Marginal Places?