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Cultural and Heritage Tourism in Asia and the Pacific

Bruce Prideaux editor Kaye Chon editor Dallen Timothy editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:20th Dec '07

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The Asia Pacific region’s enormous diversity of living cultures and preserved heritage sites has significant appeal to many tourists. However tourism has grown so rapidly that many issues associated with the incorporation of cultural and heritage experiences in tourist itineraries (such as authenticity verses commodification, exploitation of national cultures, impacts on local communities, and the management of heritage resources) have not been adequately addressed and must be debated.

This revealing book reviews recent developments in cultural and heritage tourism in the Asia Pacific region and provides a discussion on how communities have faced and overcome significant challenges to develop and market their culture and heritage resources. A range of models and case studies are used to deepen the reader’s understanding of heritage and cultural issues, to illustrate many of the more controversial issues, and to examine new evaluative, and planning tools.

This book is a special issue of the Asia Pacific Journal of Tourism Research.

"...comprehensive in its topics...far-reaching in its explorations of Asian cultures....The book is recommended both for scholars in the field and for classroom use." —Ihor Pidhainy. Review of Prideaux, B.; Timothy, Dallen J.; Chon, K. S., eds., Cultural and Heritage Tourism in Asia and the Pacific. H-Travel, H-Net Reviews. March, 2011.

ISBN: 9780415366731

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 800g

338 pages