Cultural heritage and tourism in the developing world a regional perspective /

• Other Authors: Timothy, Dallen J., Nyaupane, Gyan P., 1968-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2009.
• Series: Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility.
• Subjects: Heritage tourism > Developing countries.; Heritage tourism.; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Hospitality, Travel & Tourism. > Industries; Electronic books.
• Online Access: ebrary; View fulltext via EzAccess; MyiLibrary
• Item Description: Includes index.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 260 p.) : ill. maps.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9780415776219 (hbk); 041577621X (hbk); 9780415776226 (pbk.); 0415776228 (pbk.); 9780203877753 (ebk); 0203877756 (ebk)

This is the first book of its kind to synthesize global and regional issues, challenges, and practices related to cultural heritage and tourism, specifically in less-developed nations. The book is comprised of two sections. The first section highlights the broader conceptual underpinnings, debates, and paradigms in the realm of heritage tourism in developing regions. The chapters of this section examine heritage resources and the tourism product; protecting heritage relics, places and traditions; politics of heritage; and the impacts of heritage tourism. The second section examines heritage tourism issues in specific regions, including the Pacific Islands, South Asia, the Caribbean, China and Northeast Asia, South-East Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, and Latin America. Each region has unique histories, cultures, political traditions, heritages, issues and problems, and the way these issues are tackled vary from place to place.--From publisher.