Interconnected Worlds Tourism In Southeast Asia

Examines the political discourse behind tourism, presenting some questions regarding the tensions associated with the interconnections. This title focuses on deterritorialisation and the development of fresh regionalisms, paying specific attention to collaborative efforts in tourism development.

Examines the political discourse behind tourism, presenting some questions regarding the tensions associated with the interconnections. This title focuses on deterritorialisation and the development of fresh regionalisms, paying specific attention to collaborative efforts in tourism development.

Tourism in Southeast Asia provides an up-to-date exploration of the state of tourism development and associated issues in one of the world's most dynamic tourism destinations. The volume takes a close look at many of the challenges facing Southeast Asian tourism at a critical stage of transition and transformation and following a recent series of crises and disasters. Building on and advancing the path-breaking Tourism in South-East Asia, produced by the same editors in 1993, it adopts a multidisciplinary approach and includes contributions from some of the leading researchers on tourism in Southeast Asia, presenting a number of fresh perspectives.

In The Geography of Southeast Asia, Rumney discusses an area that has long been of interest to geographers and other academics. As interest in Southeast Asia has grown, particularly over the past forty years, the volume and variety of scholarly publications on the varied geographical aspects of the region have also increased. This collection is an attempt to identify, organize, and present as many of these works as possible. The region as a whole, and each individual country of the area, are covered in individual chapters. Each chapter is further systematically organized by topic, including general works, cultural-social geography, economic geography, historical geography, physical geography, political geography, and urban geography. This book presents a myriad of sources, such as atlases, books, chapters, articles, dissertations, and theses are included, as well as works written in English, French, German, and other languages, providing the reader with a thorough view of Southeast Asian geography.

South-East Asia has developed rapidly as a tourist destination, but what are the effects of this growth upon the peoples of the region? How far is it possible to control the impact of tourism whilst also supporting the industry's role in the region's development? This book, first published in 1993, attempts to answer these questions by providing a critical analysis of the nature of tourism as it has developed in the area. It questions commonly held assumptions about tourism both from a western perspective and from the point of view of policy makers in the region. It explores central issues such as the impact of tourism on the environment, culture and the economy, placing it within an historical and political context in order to assess the implications of current developments. The contributors use case studies from a variety of countries on such aspects as the sex industry, dream holidays and rural handicrafts, assessing tourist perceptions, both domestic and international, and policy decisions. By taking a long-term perspective it should provoke thought on the ways to develop sustainable tourism for the future.

This book provides a broad and in-depth introduction to the geopolitical, economic and trade changes wrought with the increasing influence of the countries of the Global South in international affairs. Since the introduction of the United Nations General Assembly's New International Economic Order, the countries of the Global South, particularly China, India, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Qatar, made an indelible impact upon the world's economic architecture.

This book provides a broad and in-depth introduction to the geopolitical, economic and trade changes wrought with the increasing influence of the countries of the Global South in international affairs. The global role of the developing countries came to the forefront in 1974, when the United Nations General Assembly promulgated The New International Economic Order. Since then, the countries of the Global South, particularly China, India, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Qatar, made an indelible impact upon the world's economic architecture. However, their true influence became starkly illustrated during the onset of the 2000s, when several seismic events occurred. The September Eleventh terrorist attacks — with the resultant debilitating wars in Iraq and Afghanistan — extreme world commodity price increases and the global financial crisis of 2007–2008 all served to wrench the epicenter of global influence increasingly southward. While the developed countries of the Global North became mired in economic stagnation with problems associated with the global financial crisis, their collective influence waned. Since then, the world has been attempting to accommodate, somewhat unevenly, the rising geopolitical and economic clout of the Global South. This book presents a collection of scholarly articles that, taken together, functions as a primer on the workings of the immense global changes at the beginning of the twenty-first century. Contents:Cooperation in the Global South: History and Process:How the South Was Born: Reflections on the Geography and Culture of Inequality (Anouar Majid)South–South Cooperation: A Counter-Hegemonic Movement? (Deniz Altinbaş)South–South Cooperation: A Bridge Between Regionalism and Globalization? (Rita Giacalone)Conflict and Resolution: Geostrategic Cooperation in Africa and the Arab/Islamic World:Africa and South–South Cooperation: Opportunities and Challenges (Amadu Sesay, Olayode Kehinde Olusola, and Mashood Omotosho)Gaddafi's Southern Legacy: Ideology and Power Politics in Africa (Dennis Kumetat)The Gulf States and South–South Cooperation (Kristian Coates Ulrichsen)South–South Cooperation and the Impacts on Sub-Saharan Africa and the Maghreb Region: Missed Opportunities and the Way Forward (Mhamed Biygautane and Nicolas Depetris Chauvin)Searching for an End Game in the West's Unwinnable Wars in the South: The Experience of Counter-Terrorism Strategies in a Selection of Muslim Countries (Marat Terterov, Marine Vallet, and Claudia Nocente)Trade, Tourism, and Migration as South–South Cooperation Drivers:Tourism, Sustainable Development, and Poverty Alleviation (Madan Bezbaruah)Migrants as Agents of South–South Cooperation: The Case of Chinese in Africa (Giles Mohan)Promoting Industrialization: Trade and Industrial Strategies for the Global South (Justin Dargin)South–South Cooperation in the WTO: Doha to Cancun (Adhip Chaudhuri)South–South Cooperation and Emerging Economies: Insights from Health Sector Cooperation between India and Brazil (Sachin Chaturvedi and Halla Thorsteinsdóttir) Readership: Graduate students and ambitious undergraduates in the field of international affairs. Non-experts interested in international relations. Keywords:Global South;Imperialism;Colonialism;Trade;Global North;Geopolitics;21st Century;Development;Underdevelopment;World Trade;BRIC;Developing;ResourcesKey Features:This book does not focus on merely one field; it covers philosophy, economics, geopolitics, and energyIt includes well-known experts who grant unique perspectives to the myriad concerns of South-South cooperationThe book reviews the historical development of South-South cooperation and investigates the linkage between globalization and South-South cooperation, as well as determines whether the dominant model of globalization assists this nascent growth or hinders it

'Tourism in South and South East Asia' is a comprehensive and solid introduction to tourism in South and South East Asia with a specific appeal both to institutions in the region, and other institutions who wish to expose students to one of the most dynamic tourism regions in the world. Despite downturns in outbound tourism (due to the current economic crisis), inbound tourism from outside the region has continued to increase with governments placing more emphasis on the economic significance of tourism than ever. 'Tourism in South and South East Asia' is the first tourism book to deal comprehensively with the implications of the Asian economic crisis for tourism. With South and South East Asia set to be the fastest growing area of tourism activity in the world well into the next century, 'Tourism in South and South East Asia' is an essential text for students both within and outside of this region. Dealing with concepts, themes and issues which are pertinent to tourism development, planning, marketing and management; these two internationally known authors have produced an authoritative text that covers all aspects of this topic through the use of illustrative and relevant case studies.