Tourism in Post-revolutionary Nicaragua

Reveals the role of tourism and its impact on local lives and environments in Nicaragua Explores the rapid pace of change in Nicaragua, which is an emerging destination on the global tourism circuit Provides a case study of neo-liberal tourism agendas in a socialist country and how these two ideals clash

Autorentext

Prof. Taylor is Professor in the Department of Geography and the Environment at the University of Denver. He is a highly accomplished geographer who has been studying and teaching about international development and conducting research in Central America for many years. His work is rigorous, theoretically significant, and well respected. The other authors also work at the same institute. Prof. Taylor focuses on human-environment relationships in Latin America.

Inhalt
Chapter 1. Background to Tourism in Nicaragua with a focus on the Pacific Coast.- Chapter 2. When the Wells Run Dry Tourism's Demand for Water and Responses to Water Insecurity.- Chapter 3. The Elitization of Space.- Chapter 4. When Tourism Collides with Local Livelihoods Artisanal Fisheries and Ownership of Sea Space.- Chapter 5. Nicaragua's Surfing Revolution Bringing Radical Changes to the Coast.- Chapter 6. Tourism and Conflict along Nicaragua's Pacific Coast What is in Store for the Future?.