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Examining Domestic And Intra-regional Tourism, This Book Reveals How Improvements In Infrastructures, Ever Increasing Disposable Incomes, Liberalized Economies, The Inter-connectivities Of Globalization And The Lowering Of Borders, Both Physical And Political, Are Now Enabling Millions Of Asians To Travel As Tourists. Introduction: Rethinking Tourism In Asia / Tim Winter, Peggy Teo And T.c. Chang -- 'a Long And Still-unfinished Story?': Constructing And Defining Asian Regionalisms / C. Michael Hall -- Knowledge Order In Asia / Peggy Teo -- Destination Asia: Rethinking Material Culture / Tim Winter -- Disorganized Tourism Space: Chinese Tourists In An Age Of Asian Tourism / Chan Yuk Wah -- Singapore's Postcolonial Landscape: Boutique Hotels As Agents / Peggy Teo And T.c. Chang -- The Rebirth Of The Hospital: Heterotopia And Medical Tourism In Asia / Audrey Bochaton And Bertrand Lefebvre -- Affective Sites: Hur Jin-ho's Cinema And Film-induced Tourism In Korea / Youngmin Choe -- Renewing Bonds In An Age Of Asian Travel: Indian Tourists In Bali / K. Thirumaran -- Ayurvedic Tourism In Kerala: Local Identities And Global Markets / Denise Spitzer -- Between Encouragement And Control: Tourism, Modernity And Discipline In China / Pál Nyíri --^ Tourism As Glitter: Re-examining Domestic Tourism In Indonesia / Maribeth Erb -- Openings And Limits: Domestic Tourism In Japan / Nelson Graburn -- Disruptions Of A Dialectic And A Stereotypical Response: The Case Of The Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, Tourism Industry / Jamie Gillen -- The Internal Expansion Of China: Tourism And The Production Of Distance / Jenny Chio -- From The Centre To The Margin: Tourism And Conflict In Kashmir / Shalini Panjabi -- Staging The Nation, Exploring The Margins: Domestic Tourism And Its Political Implications In Northern Thailand / Olivier Evrard And Prasit Leepreecha -- Cultural Preservation, Tourism, And 'donkey Travel' On China's Frontier / Robert Shepherd -- Gastronomy And Tourism: A Case Study Of Gourmet Country-style Cuisine In Hong Kong / Sidney C.h. Cheung -- 'my Mother's Best Friend's Sister-in-law Is Coming With Us': Domestic And International Travels With A Group Of Lao Tourists / Charles Carroll --^ 'donkey Friends' In China: The Internet, Civil Society And The Emergence Of The Chinese Backpacking Community / Francis Khek Gee Lim -- Still Vision And Mobile Youth: Tourist Photos, Travel Narratives And Taiwanese Modernity / Joyce Hsiu-yen Yeh -- Conclusion: Recasting Tourism Theory, Towards An Asian Future / Tim Winter. Edited By Tim Winter, Peggy Teo And T.c. Chang. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [326]-357) And Index.