| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 260 pages) |
| Contents |
Introduction: Tourism and monarchy in Southeast Asia: From symbolism to commoditization / Ploysri Porananond and Victor T. King -- Brunei Darussalam: "A kingdom of unexpected treasures" / Victor T. King -- Image (re)presentation and royal tourism: A case study of the Royal City of Kuala Kangsar, Ipoh, Malaysia / Nor Hafizah Selamat and Hasanuddin Othman -- Commoditizing His Majesty's footprints: Tourism in highland ethnic communities in northern Thailand / Prasit Leepreecha -- The monarch, the elephant, and tourism in Chiang Mai, Thailand / Ploysri Porananond -- Management of world cultural heritage for sustainable tourism in Hue Royal Capital, Vietnam / Bui Thi Tam -- Tourism and monarchy in Vietnam / Nguyen Pham Hung -- Walking from the "head to tail of town": The political identities and social memories of Luang Prabang / Supachai Singyabuth -- Royal tourism in Mandalay and Yangon / Simon Duncan -- Tourism of the Javanese monarchy during the Dutch colonial era / Janianton Damanik and Destha T. Raharjana -- Palace of capitals: A traditional tourist kingdom in modem Bali / Graeme Macrae and I Nyoman Darma Putra -- Singapore royal tourism: What!? / Kailasam Thirumaran -- Contributors -- Index |
| Summary |
"Monarchies around the world play a significant role in tourism development and the tourist experience. Debates about the level of finance required to support monarchies often refer to the positive tourist attraction provided by royal pageantry, palaces, temples and churches, architecture, museum collections, and historical legacies. Up to now, the literature on tourism and monarchy has been primarily devoted to the history and experiences of Western Europe, particularly the United Kingdom. There has been little attention devoted to the relationship between monarchy and tourism development in Southeast Asia, and this is the first collection of essays to address this neglected field of study. The need to shift the focus from European to Asian royalty is important not only to begin to fill gaps in the literature on monarchy and tourism outside Europe, but also to avoid the increasing criticism of tourism studies that its major perspectives, orientations and paradigms have been based on an overly Eurocentric preoccupation. Case studies are taken from Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam and Singapore."--Publisher description |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 9, 2017) |
| Subject |
Royal tourism -- Southeast Asia
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Society & social sciences.
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Cultural studies.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
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Royal tourism
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Southeast Asia
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Porananond, Ploysri, editor, author.
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King, Victor T., editor, author.
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| ISBN |
9781443816618 |
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1443816612 |
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