Inconvenient Heritage: Erasure And Global Tourism In Luang Prabang (Heritage, Tourism, And Community)
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Paperback/English
USD 59.00
Description
The major international recognition of a World Heritage Site designation can bring important preservation efforts and a wealth of tourist dollars to an impoverished area—but it can also have destructive side effects. In a revealing study with lessons for tourism and preservation projects around the world, this book examines the redevelopment and packaging of Luang Prabans, Laos, as one of UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites that “belong to all peoples of the world, irrespective of the territory on whi
