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Tourism in Asia is growing faster than anywhere else in the world, driven by the increasing wealth of countries like Taiwan, South Korea and Malaysia, and by the huge populations of China, India and Indonesia -the first second and fourth biggest countries in the works. Despite the significance of the tourism industry in this area it is still under researched. Asian Tourism is a unique book and the first to addresses this imbalance by providing a high quality edited collection of chapters which explore the domestic and intraregional tourism in Asia. Divided into three sections it expl
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monografia Rebiun21510593 https://catalogo.rebiun.org/rebiun/record/Rebiun21510593 m o d | cr -n--------- 070820s2008 ne ab ob 001 0 eng d 1-281-11181-3 9786611111816 1-136-42811-9 0-08-055620-5 UAM 991008422921504211 MiAaPQ MiAaPQ MiAaPQ eng 338.47915 Asian tourism electronic resource] growth and change edited by Janet Cochrane Amsterdam London Elsevier 2008 Amsterdam London Amsterdam London Elsevier 1 online resource (417 p.) 1 online resource (417 p.) Text txt computer c online resource cr Advances in tourism research Description based upon print version of record Includes bibliographical references and index ASIAN TOURISM: GROWTH AND CHANGE; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; The Contributors; Preface; Chapter1. Introduction; The Politics and Policies of Asian Tourism; Introduction; Chapter2. Cross-National Tourism Collaboration in Asia; Chapter3. The Asian Regional Market: Flows and Collaboration; Chapter4. The Role of Tourism in Transition Economies of the Greater Mekong Subregion; Chapter5. Tourism Development and Propaganda in Contemporary Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), China; Chapter6. Changing Accessibility to Vietnam: The Influence of a Government in Transition Chapter7. Responses to Continuing Crisis in Sri LankaChapter8. Twinning Cities between the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Thailand: A Case Study of Controversy; Chapter9. Economic Corridors and Ecotourism: Whither Tourism in Laos?; Chapter10. The Growth of Aviation in Asia and Challenges to Sustainability; Market Demand and Supplier Response; Introduction; Chapter11. Chinese Tourists in 'Elsewhereland': Behaviour and Perceptions of Mainland Chinese Tourists at Different Destinations; Chapter12. Fortune or Misfortune? Border Tourism and Borderland Gambling in Vietnam Chapter13. Are Chinese International Students in the UK Tourists?Chapter14. Western and Asian Backpackers in Taiwan: Behaviour, Motivation and Cultural Diversity; Chapter15. Hong Kong Young People and Cultural Pilgrimage to Japan: The Role of Japanese Popular Culture in Asian Tourism; Chapter16. Malaysian Homestays from the Perspective of Young Japanese Tourists: The Quest for Furusato; Chapter17. Old Tourists and New Tourists: Management Challenges for Bali's Tourism Industry; Chapter18. The Development of Tourism in French Colonial Vietnam, 1918-1940 Chapter19. Culture,Authenticity and Sport: A Study of Event Motivations at the Ulaanbaatar Naadam Festival, MongoliaChapter20. Religious Tourism: Exploring a New Form of Sacred Journey in North India; Chapter21. Wetland Tourism in Hong Kong: From Birdwatcher to Mass Ecotourist; Destinations, Industry and the Forces of Change; Introduction; Chapter22. Tourism in the Kingdom of Bhutan: A Unique Approach; Chapter23. Sex Workers and Tourism: A Case Study of Kovalam Beach, India; Chapter24. Tourism-Generated Employment and Intra-Household Inequality in Cambodia Chapter25. Modernity and the Evolution of a Festive Tourism Tradition: The Songkran Festival in Chiang Mai, ThailandChapter26. Heritage Tourism in Xi'an: Constructing the Past in Contested Space; Chapter27. Journeys to Shangri-La: The Neo-Orientalism of Tibetan Culture; Chapter28. From China to Indonesia: Adapting to Changing Markets; Chapter29. Interpreting the Past: Creating the Surabaya Heritage Trail, Indonesia; Chapter30. Responsible Destination Development: Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines; Chapter31. Mind, Body and Spirit: Health and Wellness Tourism in Asia; Glossary Subject Index Tourism in Asia is growing faster than anywhere else in the world, driven by the increasing wealth of countries like Taiwan, South Korea and Malaysia, and by the huge populations of China, India and Indonesia -the first second and fourth biggest countries in the works. Despite the significance of the tourism industry in this area it is still under researched. Asian Tourism is a unique book and the first to addresses this imbalance by providing a high quality edited collection of chapters which explore the domestic and intraregional tourism in Asia. Divided into three sections it expl English Tourism- Asia Asia- Description and travel Electronic books Cochrane, Janet 0-08-045356-2 Advances in tourism research series