The living Inca town : tourist encounters in the Peruvian Andes

"Tourism is one of the largest industries in the world, but its benefits, including economic gain, are not felt by the majority of the country's inhabitants. distributed evenly. The Living Inca Town provides a rich case study of tourism in Ollantaytambo, a rapidly developing destination in the Southern Peruvian Andes and the starting place the jumping off point for many popular treks to Machu Picchu. Tourism is generally welcomed in Ollantaytambo as it provides a steady stream of work for local for the work it provides, and small, flexible businesses, particularly those run by have proven to be particularly accessible and beneficial for women. However, the unignorable material disparity material inequalities between locals and tourists has come to sour hosts and guests affect many interactions, and growing disparities of wealth in the community have contributed to conflict and aggression throughout the tourist zones towards those set apart by their success. This book, based on four years of field research, The Living Inca Town examines the experiences and interactions of locals people, visitors, and tourism brokers. This book makes room for unique different perspectives, and uses through the use of innovative visual methods, including photovoice images provided by local people and pen-and-ink drawings to illustrate different viewpoints on day-today tourist encounters created by the author. Through engaging descriptions of day-to-day tourist encounters, The Living Inca Town vividly illustrates the ways in which tourism can perpetuate gendered and global inequalities, while also exploring new avenues to challenge and renegotiate these roles."--