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Paper Instructions:
read the book: overbooked-the exploding business of travel and tourism
Answer the following questions completely and succinctly
Chapter 4 – Cambodia
1) What are the primary characteristics of the following types of tourism:
• “Dark” tourism
• Heritage tourism
• Sex tourism
• Gambling tourism
2) Describe the role of tourism in Cambodian economic development in the following contexts:
• Reasons for pursuing tourism as export-oriented development strategy
• Evident problems with rapid tourism development
• Measuring economic impact of tourism
Chapter 5 – Cruises
1) What is the public role in subsidizing the cruise industry?
2) p. 126, what is a simulacrum and how can the term apply to a cruise ship?
3) How does this relate to Disnefication of the touristic experience?
4) How does the cruise industry exploit an international labor force?
5) What is the main entry requirement for working on a cruise ship?
6) What are some of the hidden costs in the cruise industry?
7) What are the benefits of using a flag of convenience and what might the impact of this
practice be in the current crisis?
8) Does the author have a bias against cruises? If so, how would you describe the
perspective from which she views cruises? Do you agree or disagree with her analysis?
Chapter 6 – Dubai
1) Becker describes Dubai as a “tourist fantasy” – what does she mean by this?
2) Dubai has two primary exports – what are they and how are they linked?
3) How do these export sectors create vulnerability for the Dubai model of development?
4) On pages 175, 189, and 202 the author demonstrates bias in her interpretation of the
Dubai tourism sector. What are the biases that you think she brings to her analysis?
5) What is the role of national airlines in tourism development strategies and how has
Dubai leveraged Emirates in its DMO?
6) On page 194, Becker lists some of the essential “green” questions of the industry – what are they and have they taken on new dimensions in the covid-19 era?
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7) What are some of the negative consequence of having a small, wealthy national population and a large, rapidly developing tourism economy?
Chapter 7 – Safari
1) All forms of “safari” depend on the creation and enforcement of protected areas. What are some of the differences between the following terms:
o Paper parks
o Conservationareas
o Extractive reserves (p.218) o Cultural reserves (p. 242)
2) What are some of the key dynamics related to the successful implementation of game reserves, what are the main challenges?
3) Becker uses the term “backwater” and “pre-modern” on p. 224. Are these terms appropriate and if not, why?
4) On page 209, Becker identifies a relationship between infrastructure and time. Describe at least two ways in which infrastructure is related to time (for instance, physically, symbolically, practically).
5) What are some of the most glaring disparities between the tourists in Zambia’s nature reserves and those who work and live there? What role does tourism play in mitigating or accentuating economic disparities?
