Tourism and the Less Developed World: Issues and Case StudiesDavid Harrison 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. |
Contents
| 1 | |
Key Issues | 23 |
Continuity and Change at the Millennium | 47 |
African Perspectives | 61 |
MERCOSUL | 77 |
6 Tourism and Development in Communist and Postcommunist Societies | 91 |
the Dilemma of Bureaucratic Decentralization and Economic Liberalization | 109 |
Locating a Sphere of Influence in the Global Economy | 121 |
11 Mass Tourism and Alternative Tourism in the Caribbean | 161 |
12 Resortbased Tourism on the Pleasure Periphery | 175 |
13 Child Sex Tourism in Thailand | 191 |
14 Communitybased Ecotourism Social Exclusion and the Changing Political Economy of KwaZuluNatal South Africa | 203 |
Implications for Conservation and Ecotourism in Indonesia | 223 |
16 Ecotourism Development in the Rural Highlands of Fiji | 235 |
17 Afterword | 251 |
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Policy Performance and Pitfalls | 137 |
an Overview of Tourism and Travel in the ArabIslamic Context | 151 |
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