Table of Contents

1. Introduction 2. Tourism Development, Policy and Planning in Brazil 3. Community Based Tourism: Sustainability as a Matter of Results Management 4. Tourism Transport Issues in Brazil 5. Sustainability Dilemmas for Brazil in Hosting Mega-Sport Events 6. Challenges and Opportunities for Small Businesses in and around Brazilian 7. Tourism Development and Distribution Channels in Brotas: Brazilian Adventure 8. Protecting Sea Turtles via Ecotourism: The Case of the TAMAR Project in Praia do Forte, Bahia 9. Backpacker Tourism in the Brazilian Amazon: Challenges and Opportunities 10. Sensual Tourism in Brazil: The Off-Season Carnival (Micareta) Experience 11. Staged Indigeneity and the Pataxó 12. Tourism Education and Research in Brazil 13. Conclusion

About the Author

Gui Lohmann is a lecturer at the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management at Southern Cross University (Australia). Dianne Dredge is Associate Professor in the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, Southern Cross University.

Reviews

"This book provides a much-needed English-language introduction to the topic of tourism in Brazil. It is straight-forward and informative and draws on the insights of both Brazilian and international scholars." – Erin Flynn McKenna, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA