Envisioning Eden: Mobilizing Imaginaries in Tourism and Beyond

✍ Scribed by Noel B. Salazar

Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Year: 2012
Tongue: English
Leaves: 224
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

As tourists we demand the same standards of service wherever we go, yet we always want the destination to be distinctive. Based on fieldwork in Tanzania & Indonesia, this book explores how tourism fantasies are rewarded in an increasingly homogenised world.

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