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- English
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About this book
Many countries have a rich tradition of domestic travel and holidaying which not only predates but exceeds mass international travel. This is particularly the case in Asia where recent economic prosperity and trends in globalization have not merely spurred, but continue to shape traditions in domestic tourism.
This book is the first to address specifically the continuities and changes in domestic tourism in Asia. It explores the ethos of domestic travel and holiday-making in order to understand the distinctive common strands that underlie conventional and contemporary tourism practices, against the local and global backdrop. A considerable range of countries is covered in the case studies, including those with patrimonial histories, namely China and India, the economically developed nation-state of Japan and the microstates of Taiwan, Singapore, Macao and Hong Kong, besides the coastal countries of Malaysia, Philippines, Laos and Vietnam, as well as the land-locked countries of Kyrgyzstan and Mongolia. The book presents some of the many interfaces of Asian cultural and natural heritages with tourism, while giving due considerations to today's political and economic realities.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Figures, Tables and Boxes
- List of Contributors
- Foreword by Linda K. Richter
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Acronyms and Abbreviations
- 1 Domestic Tourism: Searching for an Asianic Perspective
- 2 Zen and the Art of Tourism Maintenance: A Meditation on So-Called Proto-Tourism in Vietnam
- 3 Cultural Solutions to Ecological Problems in Contemporary Japan: Heritage Tourism in Asuke
- 4 Pilgrim Culture of TĆrthÄ in India: Enculturation of New Age Movements within Age-Old Rituals
- 5 From Community to Holiday Camps: The Emergence of a Tourist Economy in Mongolia
- 6 āDomesticā Tourism and Its Discontents: Han Tourists in Chinaās āLittle Tibetā
- 7 Year Zero! From Annihilation to Renaissance: Domestic Tourism in Cambodia
- 8 Kyrgyz Tourism at Lake Issyk-Kul: Legacies of Pre-Communist and Soviet Regimes
- 9 Indigenous People and Domestic Visitors of Taiwan
- 10 No, We Are not āEco-Touristsā: Hill-Walking and Eco-Tourism in Hong Kong
- 11 Crafting Filipino Leisure: Tourism Programmes in the Philippines
- 12 Awaiting Attention: Profiling the Domestic Tourism Sector in Sri Lanka
- 13 Film-Induced Domestic Tourism in Singapore: The Case of Krrish
- 14 Cultivating Domestic Tourism with Global Advantage: Malaysia and Singapore Compared
- 15 Holiday-Making and the Leisure Space of the Macao People
- 16 Epilogue: Domestic Tourism in Asia ā Contexts and Directions
- Index