Asia on Tour (eBook, ePUB)

Exploring the rise of Asian tourism
Redaktion: Winter, Tim; Chang, T. C.; Teo, Peggy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

With the vast majority of academic theory on tourism based onWestern tourists, Asia on Tour illustrates why the rapid growth of travel for leisure and recreation in Asia demands a reappraisal of how tourism is analyzed and understood. Examining domestic and intra-regional tourism, the book reveals how improvements in infrastructures, ever increa

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 376
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781134044344
• Artikelnr.: 38401824

Autorenporträt

Tim Winter is a Professor in the School of Social Sciences at The University of Western Australia. He is author of Post-Conflict Heritage, Postcolonial Tourism and editor of Expressions of Cambodia. Peggy Teo is an independent scholar based in Singapore. Her research interests are in tourism and social gerontological issues. TC Chang is Associate Professor at the Department of Geography, National University of Singapore.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Rethinking Tourism in Asia Tim Winter, Peggy Teo and T.C.
Chang Part 1: Challenging Conventions 1. 'A Long and Still-Unfinished
Story': Constructing and Defining Asian Regionalisms C. Michael Hall 2.
Knowledge Order in Asia Peggy Teo 3. Destination Asia: Rethinking Material
Culture Tim Winter 4. Disorganized Tourism Space: Chinese Tourists in an
Age of Asian Tourism Chan Yuk Wah Part 2: Emerging Markets, (Re)scripting
Places 5. Singapore's Postcolonial Landscape: Boutique Hotels as Agents
Peggy Teo and T.C. Chang 6. The Rebirth of the Hospital: Heterotopia and
Medical Tourism in Asia Audrey Bochaton and Bertrand LeFebvre 7. Affective
Sites: Hur Jin-Ho's Cinema and Film-Induced Tourism in Korea Youngmin Choe
8. Affinity Tourism:A Case Study of Indian Tourists in Bali K. Thirumaran
9. Ayurvedic Tourism in Kerala: Local Identities and Global Markets Denise
SpitzerPart 3: National Imaginings and Tourism Development 10. Between
Encouragement and Control: Tourism, Modernity and Discipline in China Pál
Nyíri 11.Tourism as Glitter: Re-examining Domestic Tourism in Indonesia
Maribeth Erb 12. Openings and Limits: Domestic Tourism in Japan Nelson
Graburn 13. Disruptions of a Dialectic and a Stereotypical Response: The
Case of the Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tourism Industry Jamie Gillen 14.
The Internal Expansion of China: Tourism and the Production of Distance
Jenny Chio Part 4: Revis(it)ing Heritage: Dissonance or Harmony? 15. From
the Centre to the Margin: Tourism and Conflict in Kashmir Shalini Panjabi
16. Staging the Nation, Exploring the Margins: Domestic Tourism and its
Political Implications in Northern Thailand Olivier Evrard and Prasit
Leepreecha 17. Cultural Preservation, Tourism, and 'Donkey Travel' on
China's Frontier Robert Shepherd 18. Gastronomy and Tourism:A Case Study of
Gourmet Country-Style Cuisine in Hong Kong Sidney C. H. Cheung Part 5:
Tourism and New Social Networks 19. 'My Mother's Best Friend's
Sister-in-Law is Coming with Us': Domestic and International Travels with a
Group of Lao Tourists Charles Carroll 20. 'Donkey Friends' in China: The
Internet, Civil Society and the Emergence of the Chinese Backpacking
Community Francis Khek Gee Lim 21. Still Vision and Mobile Youth: Tourist
Photos, Travel Narratives and Taiwanese Modernity Joyce Hsiu-yen Yeh 22.
Conclusion: Recasting Tourism Theory, Towards an Asian Future Tim Winter