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Mekong Tourism – Model or Mockery?: A Case Study on ‘Sustainable Tourism’ (No. 3)

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USD 6.00 Publisher: TWN
ISBN: 983-9747-75-4
Year: 2001
No. of pages: 56
Size of book: 14.5cm x 21cm
Author: Anita Pleumarom
About the Book

This paper first examines the regional tourism plans of  the neighbouring countries of the Mekong Basin area, with a focus on the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) scheme initiated by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).

It presents case studies that suggest that destructive tourism projects persist and are spreading throughout the Mekong basin area despite the constant rhetoric of sustainable tourism or ecotourism; and in spite of the insistence by official and industry leaders framing Mekong tourism development that with improved planning and management, past mistakes can be avoided in new destinations.

It also discusses the question of sustainability by taking into account some broader issues such as the impact of globalization and lessons learned from the Asian economic crisis.

The paper argues that ill-defined and reductionist sustainable tourism policies need to be replaced by holistic and people-centred development initiatives, if the goal is to work towards a sustainable future.

About the Author

ANITA PLEUMAROM, a geographer and political scientist by training, presently coordinates the Bangkok-based Tourism Investigation & Monitoring Team (tim-team) and is editor of New Frontiers - Briefing on Tourism, Development and Environment Issues in the Mekong Subregion. She has also published in Thailand and internationally a number of articles on the critical issues of Third World tourism, sustainable and ecotourism, and golf resort developments. She can be contacted by Email at: tim-team@access.inet.co.th.

Contents
  1. INTRODUCTION

  2. TOURISM AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
    The GMS Tourism Programme

  3. REAL-LIFE TOURISM TALES   
    (1)     Mass ‘Ecotourism’ – Thai Style   
    (2)     Golfers’ Dream – Farmers Nightmare   
    (3)     Culture Heritage for Sale – The Case of Angkor Wat   
    (4)     ‘A fascist Disneyland’ – Tourism and Human Rights in Burma

  4. THE QUESTION OF SUSTAINABILITY
    Public Participation
ENDNOTES   

REFERENCES
 

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