Contents

Contributors

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1 The ST-EP Programme and Least Developed Countries: is Tourism the Best Alternative?

2 The Myth of Agency Through Community Participation in Ecotourism

3 Is Tourism Fair? What the Figures Do Not Tell

4 Western Money for Southern Sympathy: How the Tuareg from Timia are Instrumentalizing Tourists to Support their ‘Exotic’ Village

5 The Influence of Religion on Global and Local Conflict in Tourism: Case Studies in Muslim Countries

6 ‘Riding’ Diversity: Cuban’s/Jineteros’ Uses of ‘Nationality-talks’ in the Realm of their Informal Encounters with Tourists

7 Destination Image Revisited: the Dutch Market Perceptions of Morocco as a Tourism Destination

8 The Demand of Rural Tourism in a Natural Park in Southern Spain

9 Setting the Scene: Politics of Transformation and Narratives of Preservation in Botiza (Romania)

10 A Contextual Approach to the Power Relation Between Tourism and Development

11 Global Tourism and the Urban Poor’s Right to the City: Spatial Contestation within Cairo’s Historical Districts

12 Kerala’s Strategy for Tourism Growth: a Southern Approach to Development and Poverty Alleviation

13 Tourism and Kudumbashree: a Southern Solution Empowering Women through Tourism

14 Actors or Victims? Actor-oriented Perspectives on New Forms of Tourism

15 Rural Tourism in the Context of Ejidos and Community Development in Mexico

16 Living in Hope: Tourism and Poverty Alleviation in Flores?

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