Description
This volume contains a collection of articles that include both case studies and theoretical insights applicable to the tourism development challenges of tropical coastal and island destinations throughout the world. Topics include the shortcoming of (eco)tourism in Madagascar, collaboration theory and successful multi-stakeholder partnerships on Indonesian resort islands, resilience theory and development pressures on a Malaysian island, results and implications of a detailed survey of cruise passengers in Colombia, perceptions of underdevelopment as limiting factors in Costa Rica, and conflicts of perception and reality through the literary myths of Pitcairn Island.
This book was published as a special issue of Tourism Geographies.
Table of Contents
1. New Perspectives on Tropical Coastal and Island Tourism Development Klaus J. Meyer-Arendt and Alan A. Lew 2. Ecotourism, Poverty and Resources Management in Ranomafana, Madagascar Bruno Sarrasin 3. Collaboration and Partnership Development for Sustainable Tourism Sonya Graci 4. Resilience and Non-Linear Change in Island Tourism Amran Hamzah and Mark P. Hampton 5. Cruise Passengers in a Homeport: A Market Analysis Juan Gabriel Brida, Manuela Pulina, Eugenia Riaño and Sandra Zapata Aguirre 6. The Power of Place: Tourism Development in Costa Rica Eric Nost 7. (de)Constructing Place-Myth: Pitcairn Island and the “Bounty" Story Maria Amoamo 8. Residents’ Attitudes towards Tourism Development in Cape Verde Islands Manuel Alector Ribeiro, Patrícia Oom do Valle and João Albino Silva 9. Slow Tourism at he Caribbean’s Geographical Margins Benjamin F. Timms and Dennis Conway
