| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 117 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Foreword / Ross K. Dowling, PhD -- A Note on Ethnography -- The Design of the Book -- Why People Become Tourists: Uses and Gratifications -- Vietnam as a Tourist Destination-an Analytic Perspective -- The Pros and Cons of Vietnam Tourism -- Statistics on Tourism in Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia -- Visitors in Vietnam by Country in 2001 -- Some Problems of Vietnam's Tourism Industry -- Benefits of Vietnam As a Tourist Destination -- The Consumer Culture and Vietnam -- Tourism and Consumer Cultures: The Grid-Group Typology -- Consumer Cultures and Tourist Choices -- Travel Preferences in Vietnam and Cultural Alignments -- About Imagining, Interpreting, and Remembering Vietnam -- Virtual Vietnam-Imagining Vietnam -- Vietnam: Image and Reality -- Vietnam As an Imagined Place -- Pico Iyer's Picture of Saigon and Hanoi -- Two Writers on the Vietnamese Passion for Food -- The Vietnam War -- Touring Vietnam in Safety and Comfort -- Logistics -- TF Handspan Group Tour Itinerary -- Annie, Thu, and Problems with Names -- Adventure Wear and Magic Glasses: I Go High Tech -- Teaching the Vietnamese About American Culture -- Escaping with One's Life While Touring Vietnam -- A Rainbow the Day We Leave -- On the Matter of Vietnam's Appeal for Tourists -- Semiotic Vietnam-Interpreting the Country -- Understanding Vietnam: Culture and Geography -- Scholarly Approaches to Studying Foreign Cultures -- The Ideas of Roland Barthes -- Quoc Ngu: The Vietnamese Written Language -- The Cao Dai Cathedral at Tay Ninh -- Sapa and the Hill-Tribe Girls |
| Summary |
"This book presents a one-of-a-kind analysis of important touristic icons in Vietnamese culture. It also offers a firsthand look at daily life in Vietnam, as well as a semiotic analysis of Vietnam's dominant cultural symbols. Vietnam Tourism paints a vivid portrait of this country's hidden gems and popular tourist destinations, exploring the problems and possibilities Vietnam faces in developing its tourism industry. Over twenty photographs - including a twelve-page color photo section - bring images of this unique country to life."--Jacket |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-112) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Tourism -- Vietnam
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- Hospitality, Travel & Tourism.
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Tourism
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Tourismus
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Culture vietnamienne.
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Destination touristique.
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Tourisme.
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Vietnam
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Vietnam
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2004020217 |
| ISBN |
9781136427725 |
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1136427724 |
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9780203050873 |
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0203050878 |
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9781136427794 |
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1136427791 |
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9781136427862 |
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1136427864 |
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1283887223 |
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9781283887229 |
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