exploring the rise of Asian tourism Winter, Tim, 1971-; Teo, Peggy; Chang, T. C. text xx London Routledge 2009 monographic und

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xiv, 360 p.: ill. maps. 25 cm. Examining domestic and intra-regional tourism, the book reveals how improvements in infrastructures, ever increasing disposable incomes, liberalized economies, the inter-connectivities of globalization and the lowering of borders, both physical and political, are now enabling millions of Asians to travel as tourists. Introduction : rethinking tourism in Asia / Tim Winter, Peggy Teo and T.C. Chang -- `A long and still-unfinished story?` : constructing and defining Asian regionalisms / C. Michael Hall -- Knowledge order in Asia / Peggy Teo -- Destination Asia : rethinking material culture / Tim Winter -- Disorganized tourism space : Chinese tourists in an age of Asian tourism / Chan Yuk Wah -- Singapore`s postcolonial landscape : boutique hotels as agents / Peggy Teo and T.C. Chang -- The rebirth of the hospital : heterotopia and medical tourism in Asia / Audrey Bochaton and Bertrand Lefebvre -- Affective sites : Hur Jin-Ho`s cinema and film-induced tourism in Korea / Youngmin Choe -- Renewing bonds in an age of Asian travel : Indian tourists in Bali / K. Thirumaran -- Ayurvedic tourism in Kerala : local identities and global markets / Denise Spitzer -- Between encouragement and control : tourism, modernity and discipline in China / Pa?l Nyi?ri -- Tourism as glitter : re-examining domestic tourism in Indonesia / Maribeth Erb -- Openings and limits : domestic tourism in Japan / Nelson Graburn -- Disruptions of a dialectic and a stereotypical response : the case of the Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, tourism industry / Jamie Gillen -- The internal expansion of China : tourism and the production of distance / Jenny Chio -- From the centre to the margin : tourism and conflict in Kashmir / Shalini Panjabi -- Staging the nation, exploring the margins : domestic tourism and its political implications in northern Thailand / Olivier Evrard and Prasit Leepreecha -- Cultural preservation, tourism, and `donkey travel` on China`s frontier / Robert Shepherd -- Gastronomy and tourism : a case study of gourmet country-style cuisine in Hong Kong / Sidney C.H. Cheung -- `My mother`s best friend`s sister-in-law is coming with us` : domestic and international travels with a group of Lao tourists / Charles Carroll -- `Donkey friends` in China : the Internet, civil society and the emergence of the Chinese backpacking community / Francis Khek Gee Lim -- Still vision and mobile youth : tourist photos, travel narratives and Taiwanese modernity / Joyce Hsiu-yen Yeh -- Conclusion : recasting tourism theory, towards an Asian future / Tim Winter. Includes bibliographic references and index English Tourism Asia 338.47915 As8 978-0-415-46086-6 251212 20260803094046.0