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Author Ness, Sally Ann

Title Where Asia smiles : an ethnography of Philippine tourism / Sally Ann Ness
Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 300 pages)
Series Contemporary ethnography series
Contemporary ethnography
Contemporary ethnography series.
Contemporary ethnography.
Contents 1. Tourism and Culture -- 2. Davao Arrival -- 3. Davao Understandings of Tourism -- 4. The Excessive Destination: Pear Farm Beach Resort -- 5. Pearl Farm Beach Resort: Tourate Perspectives -- 6. The Flagship Destination: The Samal Island Tourism Estate -- 7. The Samal Island Tourism Estate: Tourate Perspectives -- 8. The Home Away from Home: Marjorie's Inn -- 9. Local Expressions of Leisure: Beach Parks -- 10. Conclusions
Summary Where Asia Smiles offers an understanding of tourism and its cultural consequences that is neither a lament at the arrival of tourists nor an endorsement of the industry as a blanket resolution of social ills in "underdeveloped" places. Examining the relationship of tourism to cultural identity and practice in Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines, Sally Ness observes and documents what is at stake for various actors who have entirely different objectives in the creation of a new cultural landscape. Ness focuses on individuals and families engaged in three types of tourism development: family-owned beach resorts, urban economy hotels, and a government-developed tourism estate. She records the insights of those dealing with tourism in their home territories, observing closely the cultural consequences of tourism's particular way of operating at one unique developing location. [from publisher's advertisement]
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-295) and index
Notes This edition in English
Subject Culture and tourism -- Philippines
Ethnology -- Philippines.
Tourism -- Philippines
Culture and tourism
Ethnology
Manners and customs
Tourism
SUBJECT Philippines -- Social life and customs
Subject Philippines
Form Electronic book
Author Stoller, Paul
LC no. 2002028503
ISBN 0812236858
9780812236859
0812218264
9780812218268