Malcolm Crick

Resplendent Sites, Discordant Voices (eBook, ePUB)

Sri Lankans and International Tourism

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First Published in 1994. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136645082
• Artikelnr.: 38268906

Autorenporträt

Malcolm Crick, Deacon University

Inhaltsangabe

List of illustrations
Acknowledgments
ONE: Anthropology and the study of tourism: theoretical and personal reflections
Areas of convergence
Research foci and methods
The structure of the book
An ethical note
TWO: The development of international tourism in Sri Lanka: an economic, social and political portrait
A political and economic framework
A story of growth: 1966-82
The economic balance sheet
Cultural 'pollution'
Neo-colonialism
THREE: Tourism in Kandy: a historical and contemporary portrait
The city and its environs past and present
Kandy as a tourist site
Modern tourism growth in Kandy
Socio-economic perceptions
The events of 1982
FOUR: Images and representations of tourism in Kandy a study of different viewpoints
Touristic images
The view from the Town Hall
The view from the schools
The view from the streets
FIVE: Roles, relationships and representations in the informal sector: street guides and unlicensed guesthouses in Kandy
The informal tourism sector
The unlicensed guesthouses
The street guides
Street guides, shopkeepers and guesthouse proprietors: transactions and conflicts
Life in the informal sector: concluding thoughts
SIX: Tourism in troubled times: 1982 to the present
Bibliography
Index