Tourism at the grassroots villagers and visitors in the Asia Pacific /

• Other Authors: Connell, John, 1946-, Rugendyke, Barbara.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2008.
• Series: Contemporary geographies of leisure, tourism, and mobility.
• Subjects: Tourism > Social aspects > Pacific Area.; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Cultural. > Anthropology; POLITICAL SCIENCE > Cultural Policy. > Public Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE > Popular Culture.; Electronic books.
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This new collection focuses on both the interactions between tourists and villagers, and the impacts of tourism at the local level, considering economic, social, cultural and environmental changes.

Table of Contents:

• 7 On the beach: Small-scale tourism in Samoa8 After the bomb in a Balinese village; 9 Sustainability and security: Lombok hotels' link with local communities; 10 Priorities, people and preservation: Nature-based tourism at Cuc Phuong National Park, Vietnam; 11 Communities on edge: Conflicts over community tourism in Thailand; 12 Community-based ecotourism in Thailand; 13 Ecotourism and indigenous communities: The Lower Kinabatangan e