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041 _aeng
082 _a338.4791091724
_bTOU
245 _aTourism and the less developed world :
_bissues and case studies /
_cedited by David Harrison
260 _aOxon :
_aCambridge :
_bCABI Publishing,
_c2001.
300 _axi, 272 p. : maps
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 _aContents : 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.
520 _aCase 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.
650 _aPL
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700 _aHarrison, David
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