Tourism and Economic Development in Asia and Australasia

by Go, Frank M.; Jenkins, Carson L.

• ISBN13: 9781855674172
• ISBN10: 1855674173
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-01-01
• Publisher: Pinter Pub Ltd

Table of Contents

List of figures
List of tables
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Preface
Asian and Australasian dimensions of global tourism development	p. 3
The projection of international tourist arrivals in East Asia and the Pacific	p. 35
Impacts of the development of international tourism in the Asian region	p. 48
Australia: Consequences of the newly adopted pro-Asia orientation	p. 67
Brunei Darussalam: Sustainable tourism development within an Islamic cultural ethos	p. 91
China: Economic liberalization and tourism development - the case of the People's Republic of China	p. 103
Hong Kong: Political impact on tourism	p. 123
Indonesia: The impact of regionalization	p. 138
Japan: The characteristics of the inbound and outbound markets	p. 150
Malaysia: Tourism in perspective	p. 176
New Zealand: Tourism - the challenges of growth	p. 197
Philippines: The development of Philippine tourism in the post-Marcos era	p. 222
Singapore: Development of gateway tourism	p. 237
South Korea: Interaction between inbound and outbound markets	p. 255
Taiwan: Carrying capacity in an industrializing country	p. 273
Thailand: The dynamic growth of Thai tourism	p. 286
Vietnam: Tourism in an economy in transition	p. 304
Alternative paths to sustainable tourism: Problems, prospects, panaceas and pipe-dreams	p. 321
Education and indigenization	p. 338
Index	p. 369
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