This timely book delves into the intricate relationship between tourism and poverty with a specific focus on nature conservation areas, using case studies of island economies in a developed country, Japan, and a developing one, Vietnam.

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Nguyen Van Hoang holds a BA in Tourism Geography and an MA in Natural Resources Preservation, Rational Exploitation and Restoration from Vietnam National University in Ho Chi Minh City. He obtained his second MA and PhD degrees from Hiroshima University in Japan. He is currently Lecturer at the Faculty of Tourism, Nguyen Tat Thanh University in Vietnam. His research primarily focuses on sustainable tourism development, tourism and poverty alleviation, particularly in protected areas and marine environments. He has published numerous papers in Scopus-listed journals such as Tourism Planning & Development, Tourism in Marine Environments, Parks, Tourism & Hospitality Research, Cogent Social Sciences and Current Issues in Tourism. He is passionate about teaching subjects related to sustainable tourism, ecotourism, tourism planning and tourism geography. Additionally, he co-founded the Vietnam Tourism Research Network, aimed at enhancing the publication capacity of Vietnamese researchers in the tourism field.