comparisons are made between China’s and Australia’s tourism industry. A discussion of the observed trends follows. It is argued …Both China and Australia have participated in the process of growing economic globalisation in recent decades. This … paper compares trends in the openness of China’s and Australia’s economy in terms of international trade and foreign direct …

Rapid growth in tourism has occurred in Yunnan Province since 1979 with several destinations being popular. Mass … tourism in Kunming City and the central area of Yunnan is shifting to other areas such as Xishuangbanna in the south and Dali … and Lijiang in the northwest because of growing interest in ecotourism, cultural tourism and ethnic tourism. A comparison …

Historically, tourism in India has been important and in fact is encouraged by Hindu scriptures. Nevertheless …, international tourism to India and South Asia generally has languished in recent times in contrast to the growth of international … tourism in the Asia-Pacific which has experienced the fastest tourism growth rate of any• region in the world. Paying …

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of endemic livestock disease in the South East Asian region. In rapidly developing countries such as Thailand, livestock … Thailand and other South East Asian countries. There is a growing need for more rigorous economic and epidemiological analysis … for effective management. The collection and analysis of socio-economic and epidemiological data in rural Thailand plays …

diseases, with particular emphasis on FMD in Thailand. Issues addressed include statistical efficiency concepts, estimator …

Traditional characteristics of Thailand’s bovine sector are outlined and its changing nature and structure are …-1980s Thailand has expanded the number of its dairy cattle considerably. Nevertheless, it remains a larger net importer of … beef and dairy products. Because of a number of constraints outlined in this paper, it seems that Thailand is likely to …

The Thai economy has experienced rapid changes in the underlying factors that determine demand for meat and livestock … cases, stimulated extensive development in Thailand's domestic and international trade in meat and livestock products. While … some rural industry sectors have been able to adapt to demand changes for their products others have been slower to respond …

and poultry sectors. Increasing human population and income levels, political and technological change in Thailand have … meant changes in the traditional roles of livestock within the Thai village economy and have caused a heightened demand … amongst Thai consumers for livestock products such as meat and milk. These changing socio-economic conditions in Thailand have …

The pigs and poultry industries are the major livestock sectors in terms of commercial livestock production in Thailand … as the poultry sector and has since generated increased demand for other livestock commodities such as pork. While pigs … have traditionally been an important part of the integrated farm system in Thailand, pork production has only recently …