Vietnam Tourism

ISBN-13: 9780789025715 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 158 str.

Arthur Asa Berger

Opis

Presents an ethnographic analysis of Vietnamese culture and an essential overview of what Vietnam offers tourists, looking at the exciting possibilities and the potential pitfalls of visiting this extraordinary country.

Spis treści

• Foreword (Ross K. Dowling)
  
• Preface
  
• Acknowledgments
  
• Introduction
  
• A Note on Ethnography
  
• The Design of the Book
  
• Why People Become Tourists: Uses and Gratifications
  
• PART I: VIETNAM AS A TOURIST DESTINATION—AN ANALYTIC PERSPECTIVE
  
• Chapter 1. The Pros and Cons of Vietnam Tourism
  
• Statistics on Tourism in Vietnam, Thailand, and Cambodia
  
• Visitors in Vietnam by Country in 2001
  
• Some Problems of Vietnam’s Tourism Industry
  
• Benefits of Vietnam As a Tourist Destination
  
• Chapter 2. The Consumer Culture and Vietnam
  
• Tourism and Consumer Cultures: The Grid-Group Typology
  
• Consumer Cultures and Tourist Choices
  
• Travel Preferences in Vietnam and Cultural Alignments
  
• About Imaging, Interpreting, and Remembering Vietnam
  
• PART II: VIRTUAL VIETNAM—IMAGINING VIETNAM
  
• Chapter 3. Vietnam: Image and Reality
  
• Vietnam As an Imagined Place
  
• Pico Iyer’s Picture of Saigon and Hanoi
  
• Two Writers on the Vietnamese Passion for Food
  
• The Vietnam War
  
• Chapter 4. Touring Vietnam in Safety and Comfort
  
• Logistics
  
• TF Handspan Group Tour Itinerary
  
• Annie, Thu, and Problems with Names
  
• Adventure Wear and Magic Glasses: I Go High Tech
  
• Teaching the Vietnamese About American Culture
  
• Escaping with One’s Life While Touring Vietnam
  
• A Rainbow the Day We Leave
  
• On the Matter of Vietnam’s Appeal for Tourists
  
• PART III: SEMIOTIC VIETNAM—INTERPRETING THE COUNTRY
  
• Chapter 5. Understanding Vietnam: Culture and Geography
  
• Scholarly Approaches to Studying Foreign Cultures
  
• The Ideas of Roland Barthes
  
• Quoc Ngu: The Vietnamese Written Language
  
• The Cao Dai Cathedral at Tay Ninh
  
• Sapa and the Hill-Tribe Girls
  
• The Mekong Delta
  
• Hanoi
  
• Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon
  
• Chapter 6. Exploring Vietnam’s Culture: Food and Entertainment
  
• Pho
  
• Nuoc Mam (Fish Sauce)
  
• Vietnamese Metal Coffee Pots
  
• Spring Rolls
  
• Non La (Conical Hats)
  
• Ao Dai: The Traditional Vietnamese Costume for Women
  
• Ho Chi Minh’s Body
  
• General Giap: The Snow-Covered Volcano
  
• Green Pith Helmets
  
• Cu Chi Tunnels
  
• CD Cafés
  
• Dong and Dollars
  
• Roi Nuoc (Water Puppets)
  
• PART IV: REMEMBERING VIETNAM—BACK IN THE UNITED STATES
  
• Chapter 7. Reflections on Touring Vietnam
  
• A Jumble of Memories
  
• The Actual Vietnam versus the Virtual Vietnam
  
• Street Cultures and House Cultures
  
• An Age-Old Question
  
• Chapter 8. Conclusion
  
• The Tourist As Stranger in a Strange Land
  
• A Final Word
  
• Bibliography
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included
  

O autorze

Arthur Asa Berger