By Donald V.L. Macleod, James G. Carrier

Tourism as an event and an is infused by means of tradition in its quite a few dimensions, and encouraged all through through relationships of energy; this can be relatively obvious on the vacation spot web site. Anthropological investigations provide wealthy insights into energy and tradition via ethnographic fieldwork, comparative research and theoretical rationalization. inside this well timed and groundbreaking ebook case stories come from Latin the USA, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Australia and South East Asia. it truly is divided into sections facing tourism and the ability fight for assets; and tourism and tradition: presentation, merchandising and the manipulation of picture. Chapters discover matters as different as terrorism, ethnicity and global historical past websites, and the position of the research of strength in tourism reports. They illustrate how tradition shapes tourism improvement, is commodified, and turns into a device in political and financial techniques and struggles.

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These are seen as the country’s ‘natural’ assets (see Carrier & Macleod, 2005). From the time when tourism began to emerge Á first as a fairly lowkey business Á in the late 1970s and early 1980s, it combined attention to coastal ‘sand and surf’ activities with an interest in wildlife and ‘nature’. The latter brought tourists inland, into areas previously dedicated fairly exclusively to mining, farming and pastoralism. Long ignored national parks (generally composed of areas that had been seen as having little use for other purposes) became camping destinations, and four-wheel drive expeditions into ‘the outback’ became increasingly popular.

The second case study examines the Dominican Republic, again looking at the Spanish colonial heritage, this time in the capital Santo Domingo. It also comments on the political action that influenced the suppression of ethnic cultural history by omitting African heritage from a museum. The contrast between state-sponsored heritage items and the unofficial grassroots public manifestation is made clear by the example of the Brito family of Bayahibe village, who have created their own small memorial to ‘The Founder of the Village’ (a Brito ancestor), as well as the ‘Protector’ of the village (a politician).

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