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Author Baptista, João Afonso, author

Title The good holiday : development, tourism and the politics of benevolence in Mozambique / Joao Afonso Baptista
Published New York : Berghahn Books, 2017

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Description 1 online resource
Series EASA series ; 30
Contents Introduction -- Introducing tourism: Canhane -- The appeal of community -- Developmentourism -- The enigma of water -- The walk -- Problematizing poverty -- Nongovernmental governance
Summary Drawing on ethnographic research in the village of Canhane, which is host to the first community tourism project in Mozambique, The Good Holiday explores the confluence of two powerful industries: tourism and development, and explains when, how and why tourism becomes development and development, tourism. The volume further explores the social and material consequences of this merging, presenting the confluence of tourism and development as a major vehicle for the exercise of ethics, and non-state governance in contemporary life
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Tourism -- Mozambique
Economic development -- Mozambique
Sustainable tourism -- Mozambique
Tourism -- Government policy -- Mozambique
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industries -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Economic development
Sustainable tourism
Tourism
Tourism -- Government policy
Mozambique
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017000642
ISBN 9781785335471
1785335472