Rethinking Asian Tourism Culture Encounters and Local Response 1st Edition by Ploysri Porananond, Victor T King ISBN 1443869724 9781443869720

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ISBN 10: 1443869724 
ISBN 13: 9781443869720
Author: Ploysri Porananond, Victor T King

Rethinking Asian Tourism addresses some of the latest developments in on-going tourism research in Southeast Asia and the wider Asia region (encompassing, in geographical terms, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan, and Korea). It examines many of the emerging, as well as established, themes and issues in Asian tourism and promotes the development of critical scholarship within Asia to overcome Anglo-Western ethnocentrism in tourism studies of the region. There is some attention to such familiar concepts as authenticity, commoditisation, culture, heritage, and hosts and guests, but more especially to the diversification of phenomena which traditionally would not have been included within the parameters of tourism studies: retirees and long-stays, gastronomy, family-based leisure, popular culture, and local branding. Above all, the book addresses and develops a conceptual understanding from a multidisciplinary perspective of the character, experiences, encounters, perceptions and motivations of local, national and intra-regional tourism rather than basing concepts, perspectives, emphases and analyses on Western-Asian interactions and on transformations in the West. In this respect it encourages a shift in emphasis towards ‘Asianising’ our understanding of Asian tourism. This is one of the first volumes on Asian tourism written primarily by Asians and, as such, provides them with the opportunity to express their concerns, interests and priorities, rather than depending on the analyses and interpretations of those from outside the region. It also enables a deconstruction of the field of tourism studies, acknowledging that it is an open-ended, shifting, fluid and complex category of encounters and events generated by the processes of physical mobility.

Rethinking Asian Tourism Culture Encounters and Local Response 1st Table of contents:

• Part I: Policy and Development Aspects of Tourism in Asia

  • This section likely covers broader structural and governmental influences on tourism.
  • Possible Chapters:
    • Cross-National Tourism Collaboration in Asia.
    • The Growth of Aviation and Low-Cost Tourism in Asia.
    • Economic Corridors and Ecotourism initiatives.
    • Tourism development policies and challenges in specific Asian countries.

• Part II: Changing Markets and Emerging Forms of Tourism

  • This part explores evolving tourist behaviors, niche markets, and cultural influences.
  • Possible Chapters:
    • The Role of Japanese Popular Culture in Asian Tourism (e.g., cultural pilgrimage, fan tourism).
    • Chinese Tourists in various Asian destinations: behavior and perceptions.
    • Religious Tourism in North India or other Asian contexts.
    • Management Challenges for specific tourism industries (e.g., Bali’s tourism).
    • The rise of specific tourist segments (e.g., retirees and long-stays, baby boomers).
    • Gastronomic Tourism in Asia.
    • Experiential Tourism and psychographic segmentation of future tourists.

• Part III: Culture, Encounters, and Local Responses

  • This is a core section, directly addressing the book’s title and focusing on how local communities and cultures engage with and are impacted by tourism.
  • Specific Identified Chapters/Themes:
    • Tourism Encounters, Commoditization and Local Responses: The Commodification of ‘Rurality’ in Mae Kam Pong Village for Japanese Long-stay Tourism in Chiang Mai (Ploysri Porananond)
      • Detailed case study of local community interactions with tourism.
      • Analysis of commodification of local culture and environment.
    • The Knowledge Dynamics of Danish Tourists in Mae Kam Pong Community-based Tourism (Amnaj Khaokhrueamuang)
      • Another case study exploring host-guest interactions and knowledge exchange.
    • Homestays in Dieng Plateau: Community Responses towards Tourism Development in Dieng Plateau-Banjarnegara, Central Java (Sasiwimon Khongmueang and Peter Hervik)
      • Focus on community-based tourism and local agency.
    • The Monarch, the Elephant, and Tourism in Chiang Mai, Thailand (Ploysri Porananond)
      • Examining how local symbols and traditions are integrated into and shaped by tourism.
    • Issues of authenticity and staged authenticity in cultural encounters.
    • The role of cultural heritage and traditional practices in tourism development.
    • Adaptation and resistance of local communities to tourism impacts.
    • Power dynamics between tourists, tourism operators, and local populations.

• Conclusion

  • Synthesizing the findings and offering new perspectives on Asian tourism.
  • Proposing directions for future critical scholarship in the region.

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