Tourism development : growth, myths, and inequalities / edited by Peter M. Burns and Marina Novelli.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burns, Peter (Peter M.)

Novelli, Marina.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (333 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A collection of essays from scholars evaluating tourism as a means of simulating economic growth and fighting economic inequalities in poor countries. It takes a look at the successes and failures of tourism in this role, and considers why tourism as a catalyst for economic development can be a controversial device.

Contents:

Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 The ST-EP Programme and Least Developed Countries: is Tourism the Best Alternative?; 2 The Myth of Agency Through Community Participation in Ecotourism; 3 Is Tourism Fair? What the Figures Do Not Tell; 4 Western Money for Southern Sympathy: How the Tuareg from Timia are Instrumentalizing Tourists to Support their 'Exotic' Village; 5 The Influence of Religion on Global and Local Conflict in Tourism: Case Studies in Muslim Countries

6 'Riding' Diversity: Cuban's/Jineteros' Uses of 'Nationality-talks' in the Realm of their Informal Encounters with Tourists7 Destination Image Revisited: the Dutch Market Perceptions of Morocco as a Tourism Destination; 8 The Demand of Rural Tourism in a Natural Park in Southern Spain; 9 Setting the Scene: Politics of Transformation and Narratives of Preservation in Botiza (Romania); 10 A Contextual Approach to the Power Relation Between Tourism and Development; 11 Global Tourism and the Urban Poor's Right to the City: Spatial Contestation within Cairo's Historical Districts

12 Kerala's Strategy for Tourism Growth: a Southern Approach to Development and Poverty Alleviation13 Tourism and Kudumbashree: a Southern Solution Empowering Women through Tourism; 14 Actors or Victims? Actor-oriented Perspectives on New Forms of Tourism; 15 Rural Tourism in the Context of Ejidos and Community Development in Mexico; 16 Living in Hope: Tourism and Poverty Alleviation in Flores?; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-86296-7

9786611862961

1-84593-426-1

OCLC:

295578111