Asian Tourism: Growth and Change

Tourism in Asia is growing faster than anywhere else in the world, driven by the increasing wealth of countries like Taiwan, South Korea and Malaysia, and by the huge populations of China, India and Indonesia -the first second and fourth biggest countries in the works. Despite the significance of the tourism industry in this area it is still under researched.
Asian Tourism is a unique book and the first to addresses this imbalance by providing a high quality edited collection of chapters which explore the domestic and intraregional tourism in Asia. Divided into three sections it explores:
* Policy aspects of tourism development and the role of the public sector exploring issues such as: Cross-national tourism collaboration in Asia, The growth of aviation in Asia and Economic Corridors and Ecotourism. * Changing markets exploring issues such as: The role of Japanese popular culture in Asian tourism, Management Challenges for Bali's Tourism Industry and religious tourism in North India. * Destination and industry responses exploring issues such as: Tourism-Generated Employment in Cambodia, sex workers and tourism in India and responsible destination development in the Philippines.
With contributions from well respected and eminent names in the field, Asian Tourism provides a ground breaking insight into topical, industry focused issues while benefiting from academic depth and rigour and an awareness of tourism history in this region.

International Centre for Responsible Tourism Leeds Metropolitan University Leeds, UK

Chapter 1 Introduction, JanetCochrane; Part 1 THE POLITICS AND POLICIES OF ASIAN TOURISM, MikeParnwell; Chapter 2 Cross-National Tourism Collaboration in Asia, RaviRavinder; Chapter 3 The Asian Regional Market: Flows and Collaboration, GeoffWall; Chapter 4 The Role of Tourism in Transition Economies of the Greater Mekong Subregion, Trevor H. B.Sofield; Chapter 5 Tourism Development and Propaganda in Contemporary Lhasa, Tibet Autonomous Region (TAR), China, DaisukeMurakami; Chapter 6 Changing Accessibility to Vietnam: The Influence of a Government in Transition, WantaneeSuntikul, RichardButler, DavidAirey; Chapter 7 Responses to Continuing Crisis in Sri Lanka, JanetCochrane; Chapter 8 Twinning Cities between the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Thailand: A Case Study of Controversy, Maharaj VijayReddy; Chapter 9 Economic Corridors and Ecotourism: Whither Tourism in Laos?, RobertTravers; Chapter 10 The Growth of Aviation in Asia and Challenges to Sustainability, HowardCambridge, JohnWhitelegg; Part 2 MARKET DEMAND AND SUPPLIER RESPONSE, Xavier Font, JanetCochrane; Chapter 11 Chinese Tourists in 'Elsewhereland': Behaviour and Perceptions of Mainland Chinese Tourists at Different Destinations, Wolfgang Georg Arlt; Chapter 12 Fortune or Misfortune? Border Tourism and Borderland Gambling in Vietnam, Chan Yuk Wah; Chapter 13 Are Chinese International Students in the UK Tourists?, Rong Huang; Chapter 14 Western and Asian Backpackers in Taiwan: Behaviour, Motivation and Cultural Diversity, Feng Yi Huang; Chapter 15 Hong Kong Young People and Cultural Pilgrimage to Japan: The Role of Japanese Popular Culture in Asian Tourism, Benjamin Wai-ming Ng; Chapter 16 Malaysian Homestays from the Perspective of Young Japanese Tourists: The Quest for Furusato, Amran Hamzah; Chapter 17 Old Tourists and New Tourists: Management Challenges for Bali's Tourism Industry, Michael Hitchcock, I. Nyoman Darma Putra; Chapter 18 The Development of Tourism in French Colonial Vietnam, 1918-1940, Erich DeWald; Chapter 19 Culture, Authenticity and Sport: A Study of Event Motivations at the Ulaanbaatar Naadam Festival, Mongolia, Karen Thompson, Catherine M. Matheson; Chapter 20 Religious Tourism: Exploring a New Form of Sacred Journey in North India, Kiran Shinde; Chapter 21 Wetland Tourism in Hong Kong: From Birdwatcher to Mass Ecotourist, Sidney C.H. Cheung; Part 3 DESTINATIONS, INDUSTRY AND THE FORCES OF CHANGE, Janet Cochrane, Harold Goodwin; Chapter 22 Tourism in the Kingdom of Bhutan: A Unique Approach, Megan Ritchie; Chapter 23 Sex Workers and Tourism: A Case Study of Kovalam Beach, India, Tracey White; Chapter 24 Tourism-Generated Employment and Intra-Household Inequality in Cambodia, Katherine Brickell; Chapter 25 Modernity and the Evolution of a Festive Tourism Tradition: The Songkran Festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand, Ploysri Porananond, Mike Robinson; Chapter 26 Heritage Tourism in Xi'an: Constructing the Past in Contested Space, William G. Feighery; Chapter 27 Journeys to Shangri-La: The Neo-Orientalism of Tibetan Culture, Elizabeth Ann Bovair; Chapter 28 From China to Indonesia: Adapting to Changing Markets, Fleur Fallon; Chapter 29 Interpreting the Past: Creating the Surabaya Heritage Trail, Indonesia, Agoes Indrianto; Chapter 30 Responsible Destination Development: Puerto Princesa, Palawan, Philippines, John C. Gray; Chapter 31 Mind, Body and Spirit: Health and Wellness Tourism in Asia, Jennifer Laing, Betty Weiler;