The prologue of this book is online at
http://www2.planeta.com/mader/planeta/1197/1197rtpro.html
Prologue: A Personal Journey
Chapter One: Overview of Tourism
1. The Emergence of Tourism
A. Modern Tourism
B. Tourism Commodities
2. Tourism is Big Business
3. Tourism and Globalization
4. Tourism and Development
Chapter Two: Tourism Promises
1. Welcome to Paradise!
A. The Media: Spin Doctors and Dream Weavers
B. Travel Media: The World’s Most Biased Journalism
2. Encountering Nature and Other Cultures
A. Marketing Paradise
B. Royal Treatment and Unequal Balance
C. Myth: Your Dollars Help Local Communities
3. The Tourism Industry
A. Greenwashing
B. Tourism Supports Human Rights Abuses
C. “Shielding” Tourists
D. Tour the Sweatshops
4. Governments Chasing Tourism Rainbows
5. The Power of Corporations
A. Economic Growth v. Local Self-Reliance
B. Corporate-Controlled Fantasies
C. Manufacturing Paradise
D. Globalization and Monocultures
E. Cultural Cloning
6. Tourism’s Truths and Realities
Chapter Three: Why Hosts and Guests are Commonly Disillusioned with Paradise
1. Trouble in Paradise
A. The Business of Selling Paradise: Commodification of Cultures
2. Local People: Performing for the Tourist Dollar
3. Romantizing Cultures Keeps Them Locked in the Past
4. Few Opportunities to View Tourists Realistically
5. The Economic Power to Buy: Shopping for Culture
A. The Tourism “Culture”
B. Purchasing the “Other”
C. Macabre Forms of Tourism
D. Elvis Batiks: Manufactured Tourism Culture
6. Political Disruption Affects Communities
7. Expanding Corporate Influence on the Global Economy
8. Government Euphoria
9. Moving to Equity
Chapter Four: Tourism Development in the Local Community
1. Sociological Cycles of Tourism Development
2. Economic Myths
3. Human Rights, Migration and Displacement
4. Loss of Traditional Culture
5. Transnational Corporations
6. Indigenous Peoples
7. Here Come the Tourists!
A. The “Traveler”
8. Health Issues
9. Women and Youth At-Risk
10 Impacts on the Ecology
11. Reliance Upon Fluctuating Seasonal Economy
12. New Community Realities
Chapter Five: Ecotravel
1. All Tourism Costs the Earth
2. Ecotourism Saves the Planet?
A. Marketing Indigenous Peoples and their Environments
B. National Players and Effects on Community Economics
C. Environmental Effects
D. Ecotourism’s New International Players
3. Examples of Eco-Oh-ohs!
A. Selling Out Ecotourism in Costa Rica
B. The Galapagos Islands--Tourist Evolution Crowding Out Other Species
C. Malaysia’s Eco Misadventure
D. The Himalayan Ecotourism Experience
E. The “Greens” Conquer Paradise
4. “Greening” and “Sustaining” the Tourism Industry
5. Counter Tourism and Other “Rethinking Ecotourism” Strategies
A. Rethinking Ecotravel
Chapter Six: Rethinking Tourism
1. Looking for Answers
2. The Responsible Tourism Movement
3. The Need for Education
4. Tourists as Activists
5. Nongovernmental Organizations and Social Activists
6. Travel Industry Changes
7. More Natural Experiences
8. Local People in Destination Communities
9. The Media
10. Human Rights
11. Monitoring Corporations
12. Uniting North and South Across Borders
13. Rethinking Tourism
Chapter Eight: Rethinking Tourism Resources
Responsible Tourism Organizations, Associations, Programs, Ecotourism
Organizations and Programs, Environmental Organizations Involved in Tourism
Issues, Human Rights and Social Justice Organizations, University Programs,
Investigation and Action, Monitoring Corporations, Economics, Technologies,
Indigenous Organizations, International and U.S. Government Contacts, Books,
Travel Guides, Magazines, Videos, Web sites, and more!
You can contact Deborah McLaren at DMcla75001@aol.com. Order the book from
your local bookseller or by contacting Kumarian Press, 14 Oakwood Avenue, West
Hartford, CT 06119. Phone orders: (1-800-289-2664); Email: kpbooks@aol.com
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