ABSTRACT
This book is a mixture. We try to pull together various themes relating to tourism and development in the continental context of Latin America and the Caribbean – from this point on referred to as the LAC countries. It is intended partly for those who have already visited or who wish to visit these countries – but it is not a guide book. It is an issues-based book, examining particularly those themes relating to the responsibility and appropriateness of travelling to the LAC countries and the role of tourism in the broader field of development. In this sense, it should also be of interest to a wide range of academics – those in development studies, anthropology, geography, sociology, economics, politics and the recently emerged study of tourism itself. But it is not an academic text. Additionally, it should be of interest to members of the governmental, non-governmental and supranational agencies which proactively plan and promote tourism developments in the LAC countries and elsewhere – but it is not a manual on how to practise or develop tourism.
