Tourism, Heritage and National Culture in Java

Dilemmas of a Local Community

Heidi Dahles author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:9th Jun '15

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Based on anthropological fieldwork in the 1990s, this book provides an ethnographic perspective in its examination of the politics and policies of cultural tourism as they were played out under the Indonesian New Order regime. The successful New Order tourism policy ensured that tourism development both contributed to, and benefited from, increasing economic prosperity and a long stretch of political stability. However, that success has come at a price; the policy to encourage mainly 'high-quality' tourism revolved around carefully constructed and controlled tourist experiences that have led to local inequalities. The failure of this policy is analysed in a detailed case study of the city of Yogyakarta.

ISBN: 9781138863408

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 408g

257 pages