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Tourism and the Less Developed World : issues and case studies

Title
Tourism and the Less Developed World : issues and case studies / edited by David Harrison.
Publication
New York : CABI Pub., 2001.

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Harrison, David.
Description
xi, 272 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Subject
Tourism > Developing countries
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
  • Pt. 1. 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 -- Pt. 2. 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 -- Pt. 3. 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 KwazZulu-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 -- Pt. 4. In Conclusion. 17. Afterword / David Harrison.
ISBN
0851994334 (alk. paper)
LCCN
00054723
OCLC
  • ocm45699066
  • SCSB-9216578
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries