Latin America is a complex mosaic of nations, people and landscapes, with unique cultural, scenic and economic resources but with no more than 6% of global international tourist arrivals (World Bank, 2019). The region hosts several top international destinations – such as the Caribbean islands and the sacred city of the Incas, Machu Picchu (Peru). Cities like São Paulo and Mexico City are internationally known for their Meetings Incentives Conferences and Exhibitions (MICE) sector. Galapagos (Ecuador) and Fernando de Noronha (Brazil) are areas of significant ecological importance.
However, even if some of the destinations are well known internationally, the region is still seen as an untouched source for tourism at global and regional scales. Moreover, the region is still underrepresented in international tourism literature and content for pedagogical and educational purposes still limited.
This gap needs to be filled, to help inform tourism developments and to better educate the next generation. This can help shift students and practitioners away from an over-dependence on models and ideas developed and tested in different social and cultural settings that may not be appropriate for a Latin American context. Therefore, this book aims to bring together researchers, students, practitioners and other agents involved with research, teaching and the operation of tourism to share their research and work experiences in Latin America, in the form of case studies focusing on real-world examples.
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Section 1: Environmental sustainable practices for tourism
Chapter 1 – Sustainable Hiking through the Green Trails: Examples of Exceptional Responsible Practices
Chapter 2 – Sustainable Tourism and Stakeholders’ Satisfaction in Batulayang Tourism Village Bogor Indonesia
Chapter 3 – Adopting Sustainable Practices at an Island Ecotourism Destination in Sabah through a Sea Turtle Conservation Project
Chapter 4 – Overtourism and Tourism Sustainable Management in the Komodo National Park, Indonesia
Section 2: Cultural preservation and identity through tourism
Chapter 5 – Improving Cultural Sustainable Tourism: Evidence of Saba Budaya Baduy from Baduy Tribe, Indonesia
Chapter 6 – Hawker Centres, Cultural Heritage and Tourism – A Case Study of Lau Pa Sat, Singapore
Chapter 7 – Experiencing Cambodia’s Living Arts through Tourism
Chapter 8 – Aikido Tourism Development in Tanabe, Wakayama, Japan
Chapter 9 – Forging Social Identity: The Making of a Destination – A Case of the Bullet Baba Shrine in Marwar, Rajasthan, India
Section 3: Empowerment through tourism
Chapter 10 – Community-Based Ecotourism and Conservation in Tboli, Philippines
Chapter 11 – Business Strategy and Development toward Sustainability: A Story of Ban Bo Chet Luk Community Entrepreneurship, Thailand
Chapter 12 – The Guesthouse Phenomenon in the Maldives – Development and Issues
Chapter 13 – Breaking Barriers, Building Futures: The Transformative Power of Tourism in Empowering Women in Munsiyari, India
Section 4: Resilience and recovery through tourism
Chapter 15 – Green Recovery and Regenerative Tourism: The Success Story of Miso Walai Homestay in Building a Resilient Rural Tourism Destination
Chapter 16 – The Bojo Algouinsan Ecotourism Initiative: Crisis Mitigation Through Community Tourism Development
Chapter 17 – The Realities of Peripheral Handicraft Livelihoods in the Face of Disasters in Vanuatu
Chapter 18 – Resilience and Loyalty in the Face of Adversity: A Case of Local Employees in Kerala’s Backwater Tourism
Chapter 19 – Responses from Businesses in Rural Communities Recovering from the 2011 Tohoku Disasters during the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
Chapter 20 – ‘Not All Fun and Games’: The Case of the Victoria 2026 Commonwealth Games
Section 5: Critical studies in tourism
Chapter 20 – The Growth of Tourism and ‘Development’ in an Indigenous Setting: Exploring a Case of the Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
Chapter 21 – Haunting Memory of Forgotten History: A Case Study of WWII ‘Comfort Stations’ in the Philippines as a Tourism Resource Featured in Selected Filipino Films
Chapter 22 – Elephant-Based Tourism in Nepal: The Key to Reducing Human Poverty or a Tool to Commodify Endangered Species?
Chapter 23 – ‘We Invite You for Lunch’: Post/Colonial Subjectivities and Performances of Tourism in Puducherry, India
Section 6: Emerging trends in tourism
Chapter 24 – Surfing in Hainan Island: An Emerging Surfing Tourism Destination in China
Chapter 25 – Learning by Doing: Educational Tourism at Mount Danxiashan
Over de auteur
Sandro Carnicelli is a Professor of Tourism and Leisure Studies at the University of the West of Scotland and the Deputy Director of the Centre for Culture, Sport, and Events (CCSE). Sandro is an alumnus of the Royal Society of Edinburgh/Young Academy of Scotland, and a member of the ABRATUR (International Academy for the Development of Tourism Research in Brazil). As a researcher, Sandro has been working in the fields of Tourism, Events, and Leisure for almost 20 years. He has delivered funded projects for organisations such as the Carnegie Trust, UK Department of Transport, the Moffat Trust, The Higher Education Academy, and the UKRI-GCRF. He currently serves on the Editorial Board of Leisure Studies Journal, and Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning. He also acts as Associate Editor for Event Management Journal and is currently the Editor in Chief of the World Leisure Journal.
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