This is the first book of its kind to synthesize global and regional issues, challenges, and practices related to cultural heritage and tourism, specifically in less-developed nations.

Dallen J. Timothy is Professor of Community Resources and Development at Arizona State University. He is Editor of the Journal of Heritage Tourism and also researches tourism issues related to religion, developing countries, planning, and borders

Dr. Nyaupane is the graduate program director and assistant professor at Arizona State University, USA. He has research interests in heritage management, conservation, and tourism development in the developing world

Section 1: Heritage Issues and Challenges in Developing Regions 1. Introduction: Heritage Tourism and the Less-Developed World 2. Protecting the Past: Challenges and Opportunities 3. The Politics of Heritage 4. Heritage Tourism and Its Impacts Section 2: Heritage Issues and Challenges: Regional Perspectives 5. The Meanings, Marketing and Management of Heritage Tourism in South East Asia 6. Heritage and Tourism in East Asia's Developing Nations: Communist-Socialist Legacies and Diverse Cultural Landscapes 7. Heritage Tourism in the Pacific: Modernity, Myth and Identity 8. South Asian Heritage Tourism: Conflict, Colonialism and Cooperation 9. Heritage Tourism in Southwest Asia and North Africa: Contested Pasts and Veiled Realities 10. Tourism and Africa's Tripartite Cultural Past 11. Heritage Management and Tourism in the Caribbean 12. Heritage Tourism in Latin America: Can Turbulent Times be Overcome? 13. Heritage Tourism in Central and Eastern Europe 14. Heritage tourism in the Developing World: Reflections and Ramifications