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Asia on Tour: Exploring the Rise of Asian Tourism
Contributor(s): Winter, Tim (Editor), Teo, Peggy (Editor), Chang, T. C. (Editor)

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ISBN: 0415460867     ISBN-13: 9780415460866
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE: $61.70  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: September 2008
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Examining domestic and intra-regional tourism, the book reveals how improvements in infrastructures, ever increasing disposable incomes, liberalized economies, the inter-connectivities of globalization and the lowering of borders, both physical and political, are now enabling millions of Asians to travel as tourists.

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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Public Policy - Regional Planning
- Business & Economics | Industries - General
- Social Science | Customs & Traditions
Dewey: 338.479
LCCN: 2008008937
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" L (1.25 lbs) 360 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Asian
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
 
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With the vast majority of academic theory on tourism based on 'Western' 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 increasing disposable incomes, liberalized economies, the inter-connectivities of globalization and the lowering of borders, both physical and political, are now enabling millions of Asians to travel as tourists. Drawing upon multidisciplinary theoretical perspectives and up-to-date empirical research, the twenty-three accessible essays in this volume indicate why a rigorous and critical study of Asian tourism must become integral to both our analysis of this rapidly transforming region and our interpretation of global tourism in the twenty first century.

As a rich collection of essays on heritage and tourism oriented around Asian tourists, Asia on Tour will be of particular interest to students and scholars working in the fields of tourism, Asian studies, geography, heritage, anthropology, development, sociology, and cultural and postcolonial studies.

 
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