Transitions Abroad, Jan/Feb 2004
One of the Best Alternative Travel Guides of 2003
Zac Goldsmith, Editor, The Ecologist
"Deborah McLaren has produced a powerful exposé of the giant tourism industry and provides much needed advice on alternatives."
Book Description
A fully revised and comprehensive overview of the history and global development of tourism, often considered the largest industry in the world. Despite promising great benefits to hosts and guests alike, tourism has resulted in some very stark and painful consequences for local host communities and the environment. This second edition provides updated information on global tourism and examines how local communities in different parts of the world, especially indigenous peoples, have responded to the challenges and opportunities that tourism and eco-travel brings.
From the Publisher
Unique features: -Unique overview of the tourism industry worldwide -Case studies of indigenous people’s responses to tourism development -Detailed listing of tourism and ecotourism resources
About the Author
Deborah Ramer McLaren is the Director of Indigenous Tourism Rights International, a nonprofit education and networking project that supports Indigenous self-development, based in Minnesota. Ms. McLaren has lived and worked throughout Asia and the Americas. Currently she is organizing educational exchanges between Indigenous Peoples to work together on tourism issues, designing educational programs that integrate Indigenous science and wisdom, and recruiting Indigenous Peoples and others to work on international tourism policy and research. Contributors David Barkin is Professor of Economics at the Xochimilco Campus of the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Mexico City. Chris Beck is owner and principal of a community and tourism planning firm in Anchorage, Alaska. Charles R. de Burlo teaches tourism, geography, and anthropology at the University of Vermont. Cynthia Harrison works as a Project Associate at Indigenous Tourism Rights International, focusing on international policy and administrative support. Norbert Hohl is a development consultant with a strong interest in community and tourism development. Martha Honey is the Director of the Ecotourism and Sustainable Development program at the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, D.C. Ron Mader is a journalist based in Oaxaca, Mexico where he directs the Planeta.com website. Kaleo Patterson is a kahu ordained in the United Church of Christ, and is committed to the transformation of church in society in and through the Hawaiian sovereignty movement. Anita Pleumarom coordinates the Bangkok-based Tourism Investigation and Monitoring Team. Crescencio Resendiz-Hernandez is Biodiversity Specialist and Community Outreach Coordinator at Indigenous Tourism Rights International. Luis A. Vivanco teaches at the University of Vermont. He does ethnographic research on the cultural politics of environmentalism and ecotourism in Costa Rica and Oaxaca, Mexico
Rethinking Tourism and Ecotravel FROM THE PUBLISHER
"A fully revised and comprehensive overview of the history and global development of tourism - often considered the largest industry in the world. Despite promising great benefits to hosts and guests alike, tourism has often resulted in some very stark and painful consequences for local host communities and the environment." This second edition provides updated information on global tourism and examines how local communities in different parts of the world, especially indigenous peoples, have responded to the challenges and opportunities that tourism and ecotravel brings.
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