Tourism and development in Southeast Asia: Concluding remarks and future outlook

• Main Authors: Dolezal, Claudia, Trupp, Alexander *, Bui, Huong T.
• Format: Book Section
• Published: Routledge 2020
• Subjects: HF Commerce; TX Home economics
• Online Access: http://eprints.sunway.edu.my/1290/; https://www.routledge.com/Tourism-and-Development-in-Southeast-Asia-1st-Edition/Dolezal-Trupp-Bui/p/book/9780367209254; https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429264191

This chapter offers concluding remarks on the contributions in this volume. It first creates a summary by highlighting some overarching themes that emerged in the discussion on tourism and development in Southeast Asia. These include aspects such as community participation, livelihood diversification, urban-rural relationships, the breaking down of binaries, and the underused potential for tourism in the region. It then discusses the future outlook for tourism when used as a development engine in Southeast Asia, including structural changes, changing markets, new types of tourism and destinations, the Sustainable Development Goals and alternative development.