TY - BOOK AU - Harrison, David TI - Tourism and the less developed world : : issues and case studies / SN - 9780851994338 U1 - 338.4791091724 PY - 2001/// CY - Oxon, Cambridge PB - CABI Publishing, KW - PL KW - Tourism KW - Developing countries N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Contents : PART ONE: GENERAL THEMES -- 1. Less Developed Countries and Tourism: the Overall Pattern / David Harrison -- 2. Tourism and Less Developed Countries : Key Issues / David Harrison -- 3. Tourism Challenges in Developing Nations : Continuity and Change at the Millennium / Linda K. Richter -- PART TWO: TOURISM IN SPECIFIC REGIONS -- 4. Human Resources in Tourism Development: African Perspectives/ Peter U. C. Dieke -- 5. Tourism in the Southern Common Market : MERCOSUL/ Guilherme Santana -- 6. Tourism and Development in Communist and Post-communist Societies/ Derek R. Hall -- 7. Tourism Development in China: the Dilemma of Bureaucratic Decentralization and Economic Liberalization/ Alan A. Lew -- 8. Japan and Tourism in the Pacific Rim: Locating a Sphere of Influence in the Global Economy/ C. Michael Hall -- 9. Indian Tourism: Policy/ Performance and Pitfalls/ Shalini Singh -- 10. The Journey: an Overview of Tourism and Travel in the Arab/Islamic Context/ Heba Aziz PART THREE: SELECTED CASE STUDIES -- 11. Mass Tourism and Alternative Tourism in the Caribbean/ David B. Weaver -- 12. Resort-based Tourism on the Pleasure Periphery/ Brian King -- 13. Child Sex Tourism in Thailand/ Heather Montgomery -- 14. Community-based Ecotourism/ Social Exclusion and the Changing Political Economy of KwaZulu-Natal/ South Africa / Frank Brennan and Garth Allen -- 15. Wallace's Line: Implications for Conservation and Ecotourism in Indonesia / Sheryl Ross and Geoffrey Wall -- 16. Ecotourism Development in the Rural Highlands of Fiji / Kelly S. Bricker -- PART FOUR: IN CONCLUSION -- 17. Afterword/ David Harrison N2 - 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 ER -