Tourismus in Südostasien

Ein guter Artikel, der die Realitäten und Zukunftsaussichten des Tourismus in Südostasien betrachtet:
New Statesman - Beauty at a price

[T]he average backpacker or budget traveller [...] stays at local-standard hotels and guest-houses, eats at local restaurants and buys local handicrafts direct from village crafts people. The income "leakage" is much less, and because the backpacker typically stays in the host destination longer, the net income is in fact usually greater than for the high-expenditure-per-day traveller.