Main Description

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.

Readership

Tourism and development studies, related social sciences (geography, sociology economics and anthropology).

Main Contents

Part One: General Themes

Less Developed Countries and Tourism: The Overall Pattern, D Harrison

Tourism and Less Developed Countries: Key Issues, D Harrison

Tourism Challenges in Developing Nations: Continuity and Change at the Millennium, L K Richter, Kansas State University, USA

Part Two: Tourism in Specific Regions

Human Resources in Tourism Development: African Perspectives, P U C Dieke, University of Strathclyde,UK

Tourism in the Southern Common Market: MERCOSUL, G Santana, Universidade do Vale do Itajal, Brazil

Tourism and Development in Communist and Post-communist Societies, D R Hall, Scottish AgriculturalCollege, UK

Tourism Development in China: The Dilemma of Bureaucratic Decentralization and Economic Liberalisation,A A Lew, Northern Arizona University, USA

Japan and Tourism in the Pacific Rim: Locating a Sphere of Influence in the Global Economy, C M Hall,University of Otago, New Zealand

Indian Tourism: Policy, Performance and Pitfalls, S Singh, Centre for Tourism Research and Development, India

The Journey: An Overview of Travel and Tourism in the Arab Islamic Context, H Aziz, University of Alexandria, Egypt

Part Three: Selected Case Studies

Mass Tourism and Alternative Tourism in the Caribbean, D B Weaver, Griffith University, Australia

Resort based Tourism on the Pleasure Periphery, B King, Victoria University, Australia

Child Sex Tourism in Thailand, H Montgomery, Open University, UK

Community-based Ecotourism, Social Exclusion and the Changing Political Economy of KwaZulu-Natal,South Africa, F Brennan and G Allen, College of St. Mark and St. John, Plymouth, UK

Wallace's Line: Implications for Conservation and Ecotourism in Indonesia, S Ross, Parks Canada,and G Wall, University of Waterloo, Canada

Ecotourism Development in the Rural Highlands in Fiji, K S Bricker, West Virginia University, USA

Part Four: In Conclusion

Afterword, D Harrison

• "This is a worthwhile collection of essays, useful to students as a source of information and ideas for their essays on tourism and the less developed world."
  Peter Burns, Tourism Analysis, 9, 2004

  
  
  

• "This collection is a useful addition to the library of anyone interested in tourism in developing countries...there is a wealth of information and insight."
  Ralf Buckley, Annals of Tourism Research, 29 (4)

  
  

• "As simple as the main argument might be, the context of tourism in LDCs is explained with remarkable depth: the book provides an excellent discussion of both macro- and micro-environmental key issues for LDC tourism destinations...the book promises a review of many of the key issues for tourism in LDCs. It is suggested as essential reading for advanced students and researchers in tourism and development studies. It perfectly fulfills its objectives. The book definitely can be recommended to anyone involved in (tourism) development, be it in a LDC or a DC...it can be recommended both to professionals and for education."
  Thomas Steiner, International Journal of Tourism Research. 5, 2003

  
  

• "The book makes a fascinating read and its many authors take up interestingly opposing positions. Throughout the book is well written and has been edited into a valuable collection of commentaries on the sticky issues of tourism and the less developed world."
  Eleri Jones, The Service Industries Journal, May 2003