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Tourism and the less developed world : issues and case studies / edited by David Harrison.

Contributor(s): Harrison, David, 1941-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York, N.Y. : CABI Pub., c2001Description: xi, 272 p. : maps ; 25 cm.ISBN: 0851998305.Subject(s): Tourism -- Developing countriesDDC classification: 338.4791
Contents:
Part one: General themes -- Part two: Tourism in specific regions -- Part three: Selected case studies -- Part four: In conclusion.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Many less developed countries are expanding their tourism industries and these are seen to be crucial to their economic development. Yet such activities can also create social, cultural and environmental problems.This book provides a review of many of the key issues involved in tourism in developing countries and presents a range of case studies. These are interpreted from a perspective of the sociology and anthropology of development. Case study chapters are presented from Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America and Oceania. The book provides essential reading for advanced students and researchers in tourism and development studies.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part one: General themes -- Part two: Tourism in specific regions -- Part three: Selected case studies -- Part four: In conclusion.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Notes on Contributors
  • Preface
  • Part 1 General Themes
  • 1 Less Developed Countries and Tourism: the Overall Pattern
  • 2 Tourism and Less Developed Countries: Key Issues
  • 3 Tourism Challenges in Developing Nations: Continuity and Change at the Millennium
  • Part 2 Tourism in Specific Regions
  • 4 Human Resources in Tourism Development: African Perspectives
  • 5 Tourism in the Southern Common Market: Mercosul
  • 6 Tourism and Development in Communist and Post-communist Societies
  • 7 Tourism Development in China: the Dilemma of Bureaucratic Decentralization and Economic Liberalization
  • 8 Japan and Tourism in the Pacific Rim: Locating a Sphere of Influence in the Global Economy
  • 9 Indian Tourism: Policy, Performance and Pitfalls
  • 10 The Journey: an Overview of Tourism and Travel in the Arab/Islamic Context
  • Part 3 Selected Case Studies
  • 11 Mass Tourism and Alternative Tourism in the Caribbean
  • 12 Resort-based Tourism on the Pleasure Periphery
  • 13 Child Sex Tourism in Thailand
  • 14 Community-based Ecotourism, Social Exclusion and the Changing Political Economy of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
  • 15 Wallace's Line: Implications for Conservation and Ecotourism in Indonesia
  • 16 Ecotourism Development in the Rural Highlands of Fiji
  • Part 4 In Conclusion
  • 17 Afterword
  • Index