Description |
1 online resource (ix, 320 pages) |
Contents |
Ch. 1 Introduction -- ch. 2 Methodological Considerations -- ch. 3 Community Portraits: Two Beach Towns -- ch. 4 Nambue, the Chorotega Reservation: Portrait of a Community on the Cusp of Tourism -- ch. 5 Montanosa, the Rainforest Community -- ch. 6 "The Cows Will Be Your University!": Positive Effects of Tourism -- ch. 7 Negative Effects of Tourism -- ch. 8 Performing Local Life in the Reservation -- ch. 9 Performing Identity in the Other Communities of Study -- ch. 10 Sanitized Tours of Exploitative Work Zones: The Nexus of Tourism and Its Alternatives -- ch. 11 Striking a Balance: Possibilities for Responsible Tourism |
Summary |
Tourism and Cultural Change in Costa Rica: Pitfalls and Possibilities examines the consequences-positive, negative, and otherwise-of tourism in four different sites in Costa Rica. Based on ethnographic research and interviews with tourists, tour operators, tourists-turned-settlers, and locals living in tourist destinations, this book seeks to put in conversation with one another these varied perspectives with the aim of presenting forms of tourism beneficial to a |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-307) and index |
Notes |
English |
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Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
Subject |
Tourism -- Social aspects -- Costa Rica
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Social change -- Costa Rica
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SCIENCE -- Earth Sciences -- Geography.
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TRAVEL -- Budget.
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TRAVEL -- Hikes & Walks.
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TRAVEL -- Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
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TRAVEL -- Parks & Campgrounds.
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Social change
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Social conditions
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Tourism -- Social aspects
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SUBJECT |
Costa Rica -- Social conditions
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Subject |
Costa Rica
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2021675645 |
ISBN |
9780739140239 |
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073914023X |
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1299688128 |
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9781299688124 |
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0739140221 |
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9780739140222 |
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