The global tourism industry is a growing, dynamic mega industry, despite the temporary. setbacks it has faced from time to time due to political and natural elements. This book approaches tourism development through a critical prism. The collection. of articles by leading experts in international tourism relooks at the complex. phenomenon of tourism development within a multi-disciplinary framework. Replete. with interesting case studies and tourism statistics, it re-examines and re-interprets. prevailing dominant paradigms in the subject, leading to new insights and perspectives. Tourism Deve.