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Tourism in the Asian‐Pacific Region
Author(s) -
Forsyth Peter,
Dwyer Larry
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
asian‐pacific economic literature
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.232
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 1467-8411
pISSN - 0818-9935
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8411.1996.tb00003.x
Subject(s) - tourism , economic shortage , government (linguistics) , business , tourism geography , economic geography , asia pacific , falling (accident) , economy , economic growth , economics , development economics , international trade , political science , medicine , linguistics , philosophy , environmental health , law
Tourism has been growing rapidly in the Asian‐Pacific region, outward tourism propelled by rising incomes and inward tourism by falling airfares. This article draws on recent literature to describe the development of the tourist industry in the region and government policies concerning tourism. It discusses some of the industry's problems, such as environmental effects, shortage of appropriate skills and changes in competitiveness, especially for Japan and Singapore.