V.T. (Terry) King is currently Emeritus Professor at the University of Leeds and Professorial Research Associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He has also recently been an Eminent Visiting Professor at Universiti Brunei Darussalam and a Visiting Professor at Chiang Mai University, Thailand. He has published widely in the sociology and anthropology of Southeast Asia and for several years has led an international research project on tourism in the region, this volume being the final fruits of this work.