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Ethnic Tourism and the Kayan Long-Neck Tribe in Mae Hong Son, Thailand

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dc.contributor School of Social Sciences
dc.creator Ismail, Jinranai
dc.date 2007
dc.date 2016-06-27T19:03:23Z
dc.date 2016-06-27T19:03:23Z
dc.date 2008
dc.date 2008-10
dc.identifier eprint:447
dc.identifier http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71510
dc.description The long-neck Kayans have long been subjected to scrutiny by both Thai and foreign writers. This study traces the historical existence of the Kayans in Burma and their status as refugees within Thailand. Since the arrival of the first group of Kayans in late 1984, this tribe have been of interest to the provincial government of Mae Hong Son, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, NGOs and tourism developers. All of these groups, in one way or another, claim to be protecting the interest of the Kayans. This thesis investigates the validity of claims that Kayan interests are being protected. It further questions the government’s move to centralise the Kayans into one settlement at Huay Pu Kaeng. I argue that the Kayan race is the most marginal beneficiary of the Kayan ethnic tourism and illustrate how their vulnerability has been exploited both by government agencies and tourism developers.
dc.format 98 pages
dc.format application/pdf
dc.format application/pdf
dc.language en
dc.rights In Copyright
dc.rights http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
dc.subject Kayan long-neck
dc.subject ethnic tourism
dc.subject human zoo
dc.subject relocation
dc.subject government of Mae Hong Son
dc.subject stakeholders
dc.subject exploitation
dc.subject H1
dc.subject GN
dc.title Ethnic Tourism and the Kayan Long-Neck Tribe in Mae Hong Son, Thailand
dc.type Thesis


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