"'Since the 1990s, tourism has become a major driver of economic activity and community development in Brazil. New policies and approaches, growing expertise and investment in tourism have brought significant transformation in tourism products, destination development and community involvement....

Introduction : tourism in Japan - from the past to the present / Richard Sharpley & Kumi Kato -- Tourism research on Japan : overview of major trends : Japanese and English-language materials / Yumiko Horita & Kumi Kato -- Urban development and tourism in Japanese cities / Yumiko Horita --...

"This book analyses tourism and development in Southeast Asia. Critically debating and offering new understandings of the dynamics of tourism on the global and local levels, it seeks to assesses its impact on residents and localities across the region. Offering a myriad of case studies from a...

Foreword / Carson Jenkins -- Reflections on 50 years of tourism and development / Carson Jenkins -- Section 1. Tourism as a development option -- Section 2. Policies and planning for tourism development -- Section 3. Innovation in tourism: rethinking the destination -- Section 4. Educational...