| Tourism, Heritage and National Culture in Java: Dilemmas of a Local Community Contributor(s): Dahles, Heidi (Author) |
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ISBN: 0700715207 ISBN-13: 9780700715206 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2001 Annotation: This book is an examination of the politics and policies of cultural tourism as they were played out under the Indonesian New Order government whose policy to encourage mainly 'high-quality' tourism revolved around carefully constructed and controlled tourist experiences provided by the Jakarta-based industry, under government control. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - Business & Economics | Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 338.479 |
| Series: Curzon-Iias Asian Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.03" H x 6.48" W x 9.26" (1.23 lbs) 284 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Southeast Asian - Chronological Period - 1990's |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Based on anthropological fieldwork in the 1990s, this book provides an ethnographic perspective in its examination of the politics and policies of cultural tourism as they were played out under the Indonesian New Order regime. The successful New Order tourism policy ensured that tourism development both contributed to, and benefited from, increasing economic prosperity and a long stretch of political stability. However, that success has come at a price; the policy to encourage mainly 'high-quality' tourism revolved around carefully constructed and controlled tourist experiences that have led to local inequalities. The failure of this policy is analysed in a detailed case study of the city of Yogyakarta. |