Current Issues in Tourism
Editor: C. Michael Hall (Department of Management, College of Business and Economics, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand) and Chris Cooper (Foundation Professor of Tourism, University of Queensland, Australia) Michael and Chris are joint editor of the book series Aspects of Tourism. Reviews Editor John Jenkins (University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia)
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Volume: 2 Number: 4 Page: 294–303
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Asian Tourism and the Financial Indonesia and Thailand Compared
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Joan C. Henderson
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The paperuses the examples of Indonesia and Thailand to illustrate the impacts of the financial crisis on tourism in Southeast Asia. The countries are compared with regard to their stage of development
as tourist destinations, the implications of the crisis and responsesmade to it. Thailand is seen as having withstood the period of turmoil more successfully than Indonesia because of its strong image,
good infrastructure and aggressive marketing while Indonesia has had to face additional problems of social and political instability. However, the situation needs to be monitored over a longer period of
time until the crisis is finally resolved before any final conclusions can be derived about its consequences and the effectiveness of attempts at management.
© Channel View Publications 1999
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