Tourism in Southeast Asia: Challenges and New Directions Distribution liminal and hybrid character of

liminal and hybrid character of Thai/Western cultural interrelationships

specializing in late seventeenth-century Siamese history

"Demonstrates how negative stereotypes have pervaded the dominant scholarship on sexual minorities in Thailand and caused barriers to needed health education

Examines the impact of new electronic media

Tourism in Southeast Asia: Challenges and New Directions Distribution liminal and hybrid character ofEdited by Michael Hitchcock, Victor T. King & Michael Parnwell 2009, 358 pp. 15x23 cm. Tourism in Southeast Asia provides an up to date exploration of the state of tourism development and associated issues in one of the worlds most dynamic tourism destinations. The volume takes a close look at many of the challenges facing Southeast Asian tourism at a critical stage of transition and transformation, and following a recent series of crises and