Global Tourism and Community Life

For decades, tourism has long been a major source of
revenues for several countries including Thailand.
While tourism has become increasingly important to
many cities and destination communities, the most
challenging issue is how they can sustain their
social relations, local identity, and sense of place
in the face of global tourism. This research,
therefore, seeks to examine the interaction and
confrontation between the capitalist development of
tourism and local people living in the place-bound
locality of Tha Tien, an old community located in
Bangkok s historic city. By utilizing a place-making
concept, the researcher constructs an analytical
framework that explains how external forces reshape
a place. Another major contribution of this research
is to establish a guiding policy framework of
responsible tourism. In this regard, this book
should be useful to all tourism stakeholders
including government institutions, private
enterprises, and local communities, or anyone else
who may be considering applying such framework to
help them facilitate positive outcomes of tourism
development and enhance the quality of place
attributes.

Autorentext
Napat Settachai, Ph.D., Urban and Regional Planning at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Planner at Wil Chee - Planning & Environmental, Honolulu, HI.

Klappentext
For decades, tourism has long been a major source of revenues for several countries including Thailand. While tourism has become increasingly important to many cities and destination communities, the most challenging issue is how they can sustain their social relations, local identity, and sense of place in the face of global tourism. This research, therefore, seeks to examine the interaction and confrontation between the capitalist development of tourism and local people living in the place-bound locality of Tha Tien, an old community located in Bangkok's historic city. By utilizing a place-making concept, the researcher constructs an analytical framework that explains how external forces reshape a place. Another major contribution of this research is to establish a guiding policy framework of responsible tourism. In this regard, this book should be useful to all tourism stakeholders including government institutions, private enterprises, and local communities, or anyone else who may be considering applying such framework to help them facilitate positive outcomes of tourism development and enhance the quality of place attributes.