Tourism in Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar: from terrorism to tourism?
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Date
2000
Authors
Ringer, Greg
Hall, C. Michael
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Publisher
Butterworth-Heinemann
Abstract
The emerging Southeast Asian nations of Cambodia, Laos, and Myanmar (Burma) are undergoing substantial change. Desperately seeking economic growth, these impoverished nations have been ravaged by decades of civil war from which they are now only beginning to recover. Tourism is a significant component of economic development which also has important political overtones in terms of the degree to which tourism is seen to give legitimacy to government, particularly with respect to Myanmar in which people have reported to have been forcibly used as labour for tourism-related developments. This chapter briefly outlines some of the key development issues associated with each country and the role that tourism plays in the economic and political life of residents and visitors.
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Keywords
Tourism, Southeast Asia, Cambodia, Terrorism
Citation
In Hall, C. M. & S. J. Page (eds) TOURISM IN SOUTH AND SOUTH EAST ASIA: ISSUES AND CASES, pp. 178-194