| Description |
x, 226 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
1. The Pacific age: the development of the Pacific Basin and its implications for tourism -- 2. Japan: tourism superpower of the Pacific -- 3. The newly industrialised economies of North East Asia: Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong -- 4. ASEAN: 6-in-1 tropical paradise? -- 5. China: the sleeping tourism giant -- 6. Australia and New Zealand: The formation of a joint market -- 7. The South Pacific: the tourism periphery -- 8. The future development of tourism in the Pacific: the Pacific era or a Japanese lake? |
| Summary |
The Asia-Pacific is the world's most rapidly growing tourist region. Tourism is a major export earner for many of the countries in the region and is an industry of major economic significance. But there are also considerable social and environmental impacts such as coastal pollution, ecological destruction, and social dislocation. Tourism in the Pacific Rim is the first book to provide a coherent picture of international tourism in the Asia-Pacific region. Countries included in the book are Japan; China; North East Asia comprising South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong; the ASEAN nations of Brunei, Malaysia, Indonesia, The Philippines, Singapore and Thailand; Australia and New Zealand; and the microstates of the South Pacific. Each country is analysed in terms of the significance of its tourism industry, inbound and outbound travel, government policies, the impacts of tourism development, and the future prospects for tourism growth |
| Analysis |
Asia |
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Australia overseas comparisons |
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Pacific Rim |
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Tourism |
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Tourism promotion |
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Tourist industry |
| Notes |
CIP confirmed |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 201-206 |
| Subject |
Tourism -- Pacific Area.
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Tourism -- Government policy -- Pacific Area.
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| LC no. |
93045950 |
| ISBN |
0470233753 (Halstead Press) |
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0582913438 (Longman Cheshire : pbk.) |
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