Tourism and Cultural Conflicts

by Michael Robinson and Priscilla Boniface

The tourism industry and the tourists it serves can exert major influences on host communities at a number of levels. On the one hand, tourism can preserve cultures, resurrect forgotten traditions and prevent cultural stagnation. On the other hand, tourism can challenge existing values, social norms, traditions and behavior, and this can lead to situations of conflict. In extreme cases, resistance or violence can be the result. For the majority of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0851992722
• ISBN13: 9780851992723
• Release Date: December 1998
• Publisher: Cabi
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.42 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.8" x 9.3"