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

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dc.contributor.authorIsmail, Jinranaien
dc.contributor.departmentSchool of Social Sciencesen
dc.date2007en
dc.date.accessioned2016-06-27T19:03:23Zen
dc.date.available2016-06-27T19:03:23Zen
dc.date.issued2008en
dc.date.submitted2008-10en
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en
dc.format.extent98 pagesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifiereprint:447en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/71510en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectKayan long-necken
dc.subjectethnic tourismen
dc.subjecthuman zooen
dc.subjectrelocationen
dc.subjectgovernment of Mae Hong Sonen
dc.subjectstakeholdersen
dc.subjectexploitationen
dc.subject.lccH1en
dc.subject.lccGNen
dc.titleEthnic Tourism and the Kayan Long-Neck Tribe in Mae Hong Son, Thailanden
dc.typeThesisen
thesis.degree.grantorVictoria Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen

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