Responsible Rural Tourism in Asia

Contributors

Acknowledgements



Introduction





1. Vikneswaran Nair, Ghazali Musa and Amran Hamzah: Conceptualizing Responsible Rural Tourism in Asia



Theme 1: Harmony Between Humans and Nature in Moulding Rural Tourism in Asia



2. Sarah Schiffling, Chris Phelan and Karma Pema Loday: Responsible Rural Tourism in Bhutan: Aligning Gross National Happiness with the Cape Town Principles



3. Trevor H.B. Sofield and Fung Mei Sarah Li: Crown Cave, Guilin: A Chinese Perspective on Responsible Rural Tourism



Theme 2: An Essentially Asian Form of Rural Tourism



4. Lee Jolliffe and Moe Nakashima: Responsible Rural Tourism in Japan's Tea Villages



5. Thu Thi Trinh: Community Garden Experience During the Off-Peak Tourism Rainy Season at Hoi An Heritage Town, Vietnam



6. Anu Treesa George, Terry DeLacy and Min Jiang: Responsible Rural Tourism Initiatives and Local Community Development in Kerala, India



Theme 3: Tourism That Takes Place in Rural Areas



7. Miguela M. Mena and Charmielyn C. Sy: Linking Responsible Rural Tourism to Agritourism in the Philippines: A Case Study of Costales Nature Farms



8. Sila Karacaoglu and Medet Yolal: Is Community-Based Tourism a Tool for the Sustainability of the Local Community and the Local Economy? The Case of Coruh Valley, Turkey



9. Tramy Ngo and Nguyen Thi Huyen: Community Characteristics, Social Cohesion and the Success of Community-Based Tourism: Case Studies of Vietnam



10. Amran Hamzah: Conversations with the Local Champions of Miso Walai Homestay: Responsible Tourism in Practice



11. Trevor H.B. Sofield: 'MlupBaitong' - A Pioneer in Responsible Rural Tourism in Cambodia



12. Frederic Bouchon: Can Tourism be a Success Story? Stakeholders' Management and Narratives of Rural Tourism: Reflexive Analysis of a Tourism Project in Timor Leste



13. Joo-Ee Gan and Vikneswaran Nair: The Constructs of Responsible Rural Tourism Governance for Belum-Temengor Forest Reserve, Malaysia



Conclusion



14. Amran Hamzah, Vikneswaran Nair and Ghazali Musa: The Quest for an Essentially Asian Form of Rural Tourism



Index