The Politics Of Tourism In Asia

Author : Linda K. Richter
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-03-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780824880163

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The Politics of Tourism in Asia by Linda K. Richter Pdf

Tourism, the world's largest industry, has created a variety of complex political problems, particularly in those countries where the primary attraction of tourism is its potential for accelerating development. The political dimensions that have encouraged tourism in the People's Republic of China, the Philippines, Thailand, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Nepal, and Bhutan are examined in Linda K. Richter's study, which is based on more than 250 interviews with government officials, travel industry representatives, and media officials. Richter concentrates on the reasons for using tourism to advance government policy objectives and on the many ways political and economic problems can frustrate tourism's contribution to national development. All too often, after the expensive infrastructure is developed, luxury goods imported, and lavish promotional efforts expended, nations are left disillusioned with the economic promise of tourism. Disappointing results are often complicated by a preoccupation with the lure of tourism and an underestimation of the industry's needs and of the political pressures of and on government officials. Encouraging an awareness of the political aspects of tourism, the author advocates greater involvement by social and political scientists in monitoring tourism policy, as well as a restructuring and redesigning of programs in this largest sector of international trade.

Author : Richter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 082488017X

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Politics of Tourism in Asia by Richter Pdf

Author : C. Michael Hall,Stephen J. Page
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317665885

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The Routledge Handbook of Tourism in Asia by C. Michael Hall,Stephen J. Page Pdf

Asia is regarded as the fastest growing area for international and domestic tourism in the world today and over the next 20 years. Given the economic, social and environmental importance of tourism in the region, there is a need for a comprehensive and readable overview of the critical debates and controversies in tourism in the region and the major factors that are affecting tourism development both now and in the foreseeable future. This Handbook provides a contemporary survey of the region and its continued growth and development as a key destination and generator of tourism, which is marked by a high proportion of intra-regional travel. The book is divided into five sections. This first section provides an introduction to the region and context to the nationally focused chapters. The next three sections are then broadly based on the three UNWTO Asian regions: South-East Asia, South and Central Asia, and East and North-East Asia, providing readers with a valuable snapshot of tourism at various scales, and from various approaches and positions. The concluding section considers future prospects for tourism in Asia. The handbook is interdisciplinary in coverage and is also international in scope through its authorship and content. It presents a range of perspectives and understanding of the processes and forces that are shaping tourism in this fascinating and dynamic region that is one of the focal points of global tourism. This is essential reading for students, researchers and academics interested in tourism in the growth region of Asia now and in the future.

Author : Shalini Singh
Publisher : Earthscan
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849770057

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Domestic Tourism in Asia by Shalini Singh Pdf

Many countries have a rich tradition of domestic travel and holidaying which not only predates but exceeds mass international travel. This is particularly the case in Asia where recent economic prosperity and trends in globalization have not merely spurred, but continue to shape traditions in domestic tourism.This book is the first to address specifically the continuities and changes in domestic tourism in Asia. It explores the ethos of domestic travel and holiday-making in order to understand the distinctive common strands that underlie conventional and contemporary tourism practices, against the local and global backdrop. A considerable range of countries is covered in the case studies, including those with patrimonial histories, namely China and India, the economically developed nation-state of Japan and the microstates of Taiwan, Singapore, Macao and Hong Kong, besides the coastal countries of Malaysia, Philippines, Laos and Vietnam, as well as the land-locked countries of Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. The book presents some of the many interfaces of Asian cultural and natural heritages with tourism, while giving due considerations to today's political and economic realities.

Author : Janet Cochrane
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780080453569

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Asian Tourism by Janet Cochrane Pdf

Tourism in Asia is growing faster than anywhere else in the world. Despite the significance of the tourism industry in this area it is under researched. This book addresses this imbalance by providing an edited collection of chapters which explore the domestic and intraregional tourism in Asia.

Author : Xiaobo Su,Peggy Teo
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009-09-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781135256210

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The Politics of Heritage Tourism in China by Xiaobo Su,Peggy Teo Pdf

This volume unravels the politics surrounding behind China’s hegemonic project of heritage tourism development in Lijiang. It provides a compelling study of the dialectical relationships between global and domestic capital, the state, tourists and locals as they collude, collaborate and contest one another to ready Lijiang for tourist consumption. Using rich material from insightful interviews and quantitative data, the authors show how complex tourism development can be even as it strives to do good for the community. Su and Teo investigate the practices of contestation and negotiation of identity within Lijiang; analyze the negotiations that transform material and vernacular landscapes; and suggests strategies that will enable sustained tourism interest in this location. Linking Gramsci’s theory on hegemony to the cultural politics of space, this book has two major strengths: it establishes a theoretical framework to conceptualize power relations in tourism space and provides critical insights into the rapidly shifting socio-political landscape of contemporary China. Comparisons with other Chinese heritage sites are also provided. By addressing the power struggles inevitable in the process of tourism development, The Politics of Heritage Tourism in China provides an innovative understanding of China’s dynamic politics in a period of transition. As such, it will address the needs of students and academic scholars working in the fields of China studies, tourism, cultural studies, urban studies, sociology, geography, political science and heritage studies.

Author : da Silva, Jorge Tavares,Breda, Zélia,Carbone, Fabio
Publisher : IGI Global
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2020-08-07
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781799850540

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Role and Impact of Tourism in Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation by da Silva, Jorge Tavares,Breda, Zélia,Carbone, Fabio Pdf

Though conflict is normal and can never fully be prevented in the international arena, such conflicts should not lead to loss of innocent life. Tourism can offer a bottom-up approach in the mediation process and contribute to the transformation of conflicts by allowing a way to contradict official barriers motivated by religious, political, or ethnic division. Tourism has both the means and the motivation to ensure the long-term success of prevention efforts. Role and Impact of Tourism in Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation is an essential reference source that provides an approach to peace through tourism by presenting a theoretical framework of tourism dynamics in international relations, as well as a set of peacebuilding case studies that illustrate the role of tourism in violent or critical scenarios of conflict. Featuring research on topics such as cultural diversity, multicultural interaction, and international relations, this book is ideally designed for policymakers, government officials, international relations experts, academicians, students, and researchers.

Author : Tim Winter,Peggy Teo,T.C. Chang
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2008-09-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781134044351

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Asia on Tour by Tim Winter,Peggy Teo,T.C. Chang Pdf

Examining domestic and intra-regional tourism, the book reveals how improvements in infrastructures, ever increasing disposable incomes, liberalized economies, the inter-connectivities of globalization and the lowering of borders, both physical and political, are now enabling millions of Asians to travel as tourists.

Author : Harng Luh Sin,Mary Mostafanezhad,Joseph M. Cheer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2022-04-19
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000574821

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Recentering Tourism Geographies in the ‘Asian Century’ by Harng Luh Sin,Mary Mostafanezhad,Joseph M. Cheer Pdf

This book considers what the transition into the Asian Century means for some of the most urgent issues in the world today, such as sustainable development, human rights, gender equality, and environmental change. The book critiques Anglo-Western centrism in tourism theory and calls on tourism scholars to make radical shifts toward more inclusive epistemology and praxis. From the British Century of the 1800s to the American Century of the 1900s to the contemporary Asian Century, tourism geographies are deeply entangled in broader shifts in geopolitical power. In the shadow of the COVID-19 pandemic, the significance of shifts in tourism geographies and the themes addressed in this volume are more urgent than ever. That the world faces increasing turmoil is abundantly clear. Yet, amidst the disruption to the everyday, it is hope and compassion, but also political-economic restructuring that is needed to reset the tourism industry in more sustainable, equitable, and ethical directions. In no uncertain terms, the pandemic has forever changed the tourism industry as the world once knew it. This book, therefore, sets out to collectively build on the momentum of the inclusive scholarship that Critical Tourism Studies-Asia Pacific is renowned for, while also asking readers to pause and reflect on the possibilities and challenges of tourism in a post-pandemic Asian Century. The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of the journal, Tourism Geographies.

Author : K.C. Ho
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2001-07-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136394782

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Interconnected Worlds: Tourism in Southeast Asia by K.C. Ho Pdf

Examines the political discourse behind tourism, presenting some questions regarding the tensions associated with the interconnections. This title focuses on deterritorialisation and the development of fresh regionalisms, paying specific attention to collaborative efforts in tourism development.

Author : Ploysri Porananond
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-09-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781443816618

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Tourism and Monarchy in Southeast Asia by Ploysri Porananond Pdf

Monarchies around the world play a significant role in tourism development and the tourist experience. Debates about the level of finance required to support monarchies often refer to the positive tourist attraction provided by royal pageantry, palaces, temples and churches, architecture, museum collections, and historical legacies. Up to now, the literature on tourism and monarchy has been primarily devoted to the history and experiences of Western Europe, particularly the United Kingdom. There has been little attention devoted to the relationship between monarchy and tourism development in Southeast Asia, and this is the first collection of essays to address this neglected field of study. The need to shift the focus from European to Asian royalty is important not only to begin to fill gaps in the literature on monarchy and tourism outside Europe, but also to avoid the increasing criticism of tourism studies that its major perspectives, orientations and paradigms have been based on an overly Eurocentric preoccupation. Case studies are taken from Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam and Singapore.

Author : Michael Hitchcock,Victor T. King,Mike Parnwell
Publisher : NIAS Press
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9788776940348

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Tourism in Southeast Asia by Michael Hitchcock,Victor T. King,Mike Parnwell Pdf

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.

Author : Michel Picard,Robert E. Wood
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1997-05-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 082481911X

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Tourism, Ethnicity, and the State in Asian and Pacific Societies by Michel Picard,Robert E. Wood Pdf

The expansion of international tourism is changing the relationship between ethnic groups and states around the globe. Yet tourism’s importance for the understanding of ethnicity in the modern world has been generally neglected within the field of ethnic studies. This pioneering volume investigates how international tourism development, state policies of ethnic management, and the active responses of local ethnic groups intersect to reshape ethnic identities and ethnic relations in Asian and Pacific societies. It analyzes the ways in which the very meaning of ethnicity and culture are being contested and reworked in the wake of tourism’s impact. Following an introduction that explores the close but often ambivalent relationship between tourism promotion and state ethnic policies, individual contributors examine tourism’s varied effects in China, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, and the island Pacific in rich ethnographic detail.

Author : Shalini Singh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 365 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136574702

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Domestic Tourism in Asia by Shalini Singh Pdf

Many countries have a rich tradition of domestic travel and holidaying which not only predates but exceeds mass international travel. This is particularly the case in Asia where recent economic prosperity and trends in globalization have not merely spurred, but continue to shape traditions in domestic tourism. This book is the first to address specifically the continuities and changes in domestic tourism in Asia. It explores the ethos of domestic travel and holiday-making in order to understand the distinctive common strands that underlie conventional and contemporary tourism practices, against the local and global backdrop. A considerable range of countries is covered in the case studies, including those with patrimonial histories, namely China and India, the economically developed nation-state of Japan and the microstates of Taiwan, Singapore, Macao and Hong Kong, besides the coastal countries of Malaysia, Philippines, Laos and Vietnam, as well as the land-locked countries of Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. The book presents some of the many interfaces of Asian cultural and natural heritages with tourism, while giving due considerations to today's political and economic realities.

Author : David Harrison
Publisher : CABI
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780851997049

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Tourism and the Less Developed World by David Harrison Pdf

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.