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Thailand’s tourism, travel, and hospitality industry has in recent years suffered from a series of global and local crises that resulted in numerous cancellations of international visitors. Despite these setbacks, the industry continues to exhibit sustained growth; and the economic and employment opportunities associated with the industry have resulted in the continued development and promotion of tourism-related small to medium enterprises (SMEs). Local and rural communities attracted to the prospects of gaining economic benefits have also embraced the industry by establishing community tourism enterprises. Due to the small workforce, community tourism enterprises typically exist as family owned and managed microenterprises. Despite lacking business and marketing skills, these microenterprises have had some economic success, and this was due to their associations with community tourism destinations, easy access from major urban centers, satisfaction with small profit margins, predominantly domestic Thai clientele, availability of affordable products and services, and relative resilience to global and local stochastic events.
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Vol. 40, No. 1 Asian Profile February, 2012
SuNgwOO KIMDepartment of Economics
Northeastern UniversityBoston, MA, USA
ApArNA ChATTErjEEDepartment of Sociology
North Bengal St. Xavier’s CollegeWest Bengal, India
KhAIrIl AzhAr Md YASSIN Department of Sociology and Anthropology
International Islamic University Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
MOhAMMEd ANOwAr hOSSAIN MIzIDepartment of Political Science
University of ChittagongChittagong, Bangladesh
ShAIlA ShArMEENGraduate School of Asian and African Area Studies
Kyoto UniversityJapan
jAShIM uddIN AhMEdSchool of Business, North South University
Dhaka, BangladeshMd. huMAYuN KAbIr ChOwdhurY
Department of Business AdministrationEast West University
Dhaka, BangladeshShEEhAN rAhMANManchester Business School
University of ManchesterUnited Kingdom
AKM MOMINul hAquE TAluKdErSchool of Business, North South University
Dhaka, Bangladesh
A.C. prAbhAKArSchool of Economics, COB
Universiti Utara MalaysiaMalaysia
NAjMul ISlAM hAShMIand
gOMATEEDepartment Of GeographyAligarh Muslim University
Aligarh, India
China’s Economic Growth between 1991 and 2009 and Its Comparison with Japan
Social Dimension of Chinese Working Women : A Case study of Hill and Plain Areas of North Bengal, India
The Role of Kuala Lumpur City Hall in Developing Kampung Bharu: An Anthropological Study
Violence against Women: Its Forms, Causes and Elimination
History and Memory: The Positioning of the Munda in the Barind Region, Bangladesh
Consumer Perceived Value Formation Process: Lesson from Developing Country
Global Recession and China
A Geographical Analysis of Changing Cropping Pattern from the Traditional Crops to Market Oriented Value Added Crops in Bulandshahr District
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Vol. 40, No. 2 Asian Profile April, 2012
Laleng Indigenous Community of Sylhet: Changing Pattern in Political Organization
Saka no ue no kumo and Nationalism in 21st Century Japan
Financial Development and Economic Growth in India
A Tale of Two Countries: Intellectual Property Rights Laws and Indicators in China and India
Spatial Variations in Infant Mortality Rate in Orissa, India: Roles of Socioeconomic Factors and Household Conditions
Technologies of Freedom or Oppression: Is Google Evil to Abridge Freedom of Speech in China?
Income Inequality, Poverty and Redistribution Policy in Malaysia
Md. Shahabul haquE Department of Political Studies
Shahjalal University of Science and TechnologySylhet, Bangladesh
Md. bayEzid alaMDepartment of Political Science
Sreemangal Government CollegeSreemangal, Moulvibazar
Bangladesh
ShUk-TiNG kiNNiA YAUDepartment of Japanese Studies
The Chinese University of hong konghong kong
VEd Palharyana School of Business
Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technologyhisar, india
aShwaNiDepartment of Economics
haryana Central UniversityMohindergarh, india
SadEqul iSlaMDepartment of Economics
Laurentian UniversitySudbury, Ontario
SibabraTa daSDepartment of Applied Geography
School of Regional Studies and Earth SciencesRavenshaw University, Cuttack
Orissa, india
SUNGwOOk kiMJournalism Program of the international College
Ming Chuan UniversityTaiwan
aziz dOuaiFaculty of Social Science and humanities
University of Ontario institute of TechnologyOshawa, Ontario, Canada
a.h. rOSlaNSchool of Economics
Universiti Utara Malaysiakedah Darul Aman
Malaysia
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Vol. 40, No. 3 Asian Profile June, 2012
India’s Foreign Policy: An Adherence to Change, Pre-Independence to Post-Pokhran II
Associated Factors Influencing Acute Respiratory Infections among Under-five Children in Bangladesh
The Behaviour of Small Investors in the Hong Kong Stock Market
Corruption in Pakistan: An Evaluation of the 1986 Report of the Committee for the Study of Corruption
Nature of Community Tourism Enterprises and the Economic and Other Implications for Thailand’s Local Communities
Jammu & Kashmir and AFSPA
China-Japan-South Korea Trilateralism: Current Developments and Future Prospects in Regional Security Cooperation
Notes on Contributors
AmiT KumAr GupTAShyama Prasad Mukherji College
University of DelhiNew Delhi
india
MD. AbDUl GoNiMD. NUrUzzAMAN HAqUe
MD. NUre AlAM SiDDiqiDepartment of Population Science and
Human resource DevelopmentUniversity of rajshahi
bangladesh
TAi-YUeN HoNDepartment of economics and Finance
Hong Kong Shue Yan University Hong Kong
China
ilHAN NiAzquaid-i-Azam University
islamabadPakistan
rAMeSH booNrATANAMahidol University international College
Mahidol UniversityNakhon Pathom
Thailand
ATTAr rAbbANiThe ismail Yusuf College
(Affiliated to University of Mumbai)Department of Political Science
Mumbaiindia
CHee leoNG lee Department of east Asian Studies
University of MalayaKuala lumpur, Malaysia
MD NASrUDiN MD AKHirAsia-europe instituteUniversity of Malaya
Kuala lumpur, Malaysia
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Vol. 40, No. 4 Asian Profile August, 2012
Resource Utilization of Sundarban Mangrove Forest People: An Ecological Perspective
Managing Retail Credit Risk: An Application of the Information Model
Learning from Japan: A Economic-Historical Study of Eco-Tourism in Northeast Asia
Can Bureaucracy and Professionalism Develop Together?: A Study on BCS (Administration) Cadre in Sylhet District, Bangladesh
Bringing Ideology Back In:Chinese Nationalism Contextualized in the Legitimacy Enhancement of an Authoritarian Regime
Industrial Land Management and Land Productivity in Singapore
Dimensions of Food Security in Uttar Pradesh Bundelkhand Region, India
Notes on Contributors
S.M. MONirul HaSSaNDepartment of SociologyUniversity of Chittagong
BangladeshMd. raSHEd-uN-Nabi
Department of Marine ScienceUniversity of Chittagong
BangladeshMOHaMMad MOzuMdEr
Department of BioscienceUniversityof Helsinki
Finland
diNabaNdHu bagFaculty, School of Management,National Institute of Technology
Rourkela, OrissaIndia
Tai-WEi liMDepartment of Japanese Studies
The Chinese University of Hong KongHong Kong
CHOWdHury abdullaH al-HOSSiENiEDepartment of Public Administration
Shahjalal University of Science and TechnologySylhet
Bangladesh
NiNg liaOGraduate Program in International Studies
Old Dominion UniversityNorfolk, Virginia
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CHOON-yiN SaMPSB Academy
Singapore
ADNAN SHAKeelAyeSHA JAMAl
Md. NaiyEr zaidyDepartment of Geography
Aligarh Muslim UniversityAligarh, Uttar Pradesh
India
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Vol. 40, No. 5 Asian Profile October, 2012
Japan’s Peace-Building Role in Sri Lanka
Socio-demographic and Health Related Determinants of Abdominal Obesity of Male Diabetic Patients in Bangladesh
The Vietnamese Military and the Revised Statutes of the Communist Party
Indoor Air Pollution: Vulnerability of Women to Household Energy Used
Patronage Politics and Natural Resources: A Historical Case Study of Southeast Asia and Indonesia
Reassessing China’s DemocraticPotential: Emerging Middle Class, Political Consciousness and Social Unrest
The Anti-Hero, (Black) Humor, and Violence in East Asian War Films
Innovations in Local Governance and Achievement of MDGs: How Well Bangladesh is Doing?
Notes on Contributors
SyEd AShrAfur rAhmANDepartment of Political Studies
Shahjalal University of Science and TechnologySylhet, Bangladesh
MD. OBAiDUr rAhMANMD. rAfiqUl iSlAM
Department of Population Science and human resource Development
rajshahi UniversityBangladesh
lewiS M. STerNAsian Studies ProgramMary Baldwin College
Staunton, VAuSA
ABhA lAkShMi SiNghSAlehA JAMAl
Department of geographyAligarh Muslim University
Aligarh, Uttar Pradeshindia
heleNA VArkkeYDepartment of international and Strategic Studies
University of Malayakuala lumpur
Malaysia
frANCiS SChOrTgeNPolitical Science and international Studies
University of Mount UnionAlliance, Ohio
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liANYiNg ShANgustavus Adolphus College
St. Peter, MinnesotauSA
MOBASSer MONeMDepartment of Public Administration
University of DhakaBangladesh
andhASAN MUhAMMAD BANiAMiN
Department of Computer ScienceThe People’s University of Bangladesh
Bangladesh
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