Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 The ST-EP Programme and Least Developed Countries: is Tourism the Best Alternative? -- 2 The Myth of Agency Through Community Participation in Ecotourism -- 3 Is Tourism Fair? What the Figures Do Not Tell -- 4 Western Money for Southern Sympathy: How the Tuareg from Timia are Instrumentalizing Tourists to Support their 'Exotic' Village -- 5 The Influence of Religion on Global and Local Conflict in Tourism: Case Studies in Muslim Countries -- 6 'Riding' Diversity: Cuban's/Jineteros' Uses of 'Nationality-talks' in the Realm of their Informal Encounters with Tourists -- 7 Destination Image Revisited: the Dutch Market Perceptions of Morocco as a Tourism Destination -- 8 The Demand of Rural Tourism in a Natural Park in Southern Spain -- 9 Setting the Scene: Politics of Transformation and Narratives of Preservation in Botiza (Romania) -- 10 A Contextual Approach to the Power Relation Between Tourism and Development -- 11 Global Tourism and the Urban Poor's Right to the City: Spatial Contestation within Cairo's Historical Districts -- 12 Kerala's Strategy for Tourism Growth: a Southern Approach to Development and Poverty Alleviation -- 13 Tourism and Kudumbashree: a Southern Solution Empowering Women through Tourism -- 14 Actors or Victims? Actor-oriented Perspectives on New Forms of Tourism -- 15 Rural Tourism in the Context of Ejidos and Community Development in Mexico -- 16 Living in Hope: Tourism and Poverty Alleviation in Flores? -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.