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Vietnam tourism / Arthur Asa Berger

Author
Berger, Arthur Asa, 1933-
Published
New York : Haworth Hospitality Press, [2005]
Copyright Date
©2005
Physical Description
1 online resource (xvii, 117 pages) : illustrations (some color)
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Language Note
English.
Contents
Foreword / Ross K. Dowling, PhD -- A Note on Ethnography -- The Design of the Book -- Why People Become Tourists: Uses and Gratifications -- Vietnam as a Tourist Destination-an Analytic Perspective -- The Pros and Cons of Vietnam Tourism -- Statistics on Tourism in Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia -- Visitors in Vietnam by Country in 2001 -- Some Problems of Vietnam's Tourism Industry -- Benefits of Vietnam As a Tourist Destination -- The Consumer Culture and Vietnam -- Tourism and Consumer Cultures: The Grid-Group Typology -- Consumer Cultures and Tourist Choices -- Travel Preferences in Vietnam and Cultural Alignments -- About Imagining, Interpreting, and Remembering Vietnam -- Virtual Vietnam-Imagining Vietnam -- Vietnam: Image and Reality -- Vietnam As an Imagined Place -- Pico Iyer's Picture of Saigon and Hanoi -- Two Writers on the Vietnamese Passion for Food -- The Vietnam War -- Touring Vietnam in Safety and Comfort -- Logistics -- TF Handspan Group Tour Itinerary -- Annie, Thu, and Problems with Names -- Adventure Wear and Magic Glasses: I Go High Tech -- Teaching the Vietnamese About American Culture -- Escaping with One's Life While Touring Vietnam -- A Rainbow the Day We Leave -- On the Matter of Vietnam's Appeal for Tourists -- Semiotic Vietnam-Interpreting the Country -- Understanding Vietnam: Culture and Geography -- Scholarly Approaches to Studying Foreign Cultures -- The Ideas of Roland Barthes -- Quoc Ngu: The Vietnamese Written Language -- The Cao Dai Cathedral at Tay Ninh -- Sapa and the Hill-Tribe Girls.
Summary
"This book presents a one-of-a-kind analysis of important touristic icons in Vietnamese culture. It also offers a firsthand look at daily life in Vietnam, as well as a semiotic analysis of Vietnam's dominant cultural symbols. Vietnam Tourism paints a vivid portrait of this country's hidden gems and popular tourist destinations, exploring the problems and possibilities Vietnam faces in developing its tourism industry. Over twenty photographs - including a twelve-page color photo section - bring images of this unique country to life."--Jacket
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ISBN
9781136427725 (electronic bk.)
1136427724 (electronic bk.)
9780203050873
0203050878
9781136427794 (e-book ; ePub)
1136427791
9781136427862 (e-book ; Mobi)
1136427864
0789025701
9780789025708
078902571X
9780789025715
1283887223
9781283887229
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Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-112) and index.
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