This paper examines the perceptions and experiences of poor people in Sapa, Vietnam,
regarding tourism as a means of poverty alleviation. Participant observations and semi …

Do ethnic minorities have the power to alter the course of their fortune when living within a
socialist state? In Frontier Livelihoods, the authors focus their study on the Hmong-known in …

Identifying the influence factors lie behind the livelihood choices of rural households are of
crucial significance for improving the sustainable livelihoods of rural households in tourism …

This article examines the contradictions in the uneasy marriage between tourism and nation-
building. While it appears a quick fix for socioeconomic development, the industry has …

With the vast majority of academic theory on tourism based on 'Western'tourists, Asia on
Tour illustrates why the rapid growth of travel for leisure and recreation in Asia demands a …

Ethnic minority households in upland northern Vietnam are shaping culturally appropriate
rural livelihoods in highly pragmatic ways, as they negotiate the everyday realities of …

This paper will examine the state of the study of ethnic tourism in mainland Southeast Asia in
light of Wimmer's and Brubaker's paradigmatic approaches to ethnicity. The prevailing …

In the 1990s, some districts in the Northern Vietnamese highlands were opened for
international tourism. The development of tourism was expected to bring a new income …

This paper is an overview of issues pertaining to highland minorities in the three socialist
countries sharing portions of the Southeast Asian Massif, namely China, Vietnam and Laos …

Destination management and resort development and planning are strong core areas in the
final year of most undergraduate degrees and a popular area of study at postgraduate level …