{"203331":{"#nid":"203331","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Bowman Book Offers Analysis in Using Tourism to Foster Development in Latin America","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EWith tourism lauded throughout Latin America as a sure engine of economic growth, actual performance in the sector has varied to an extreme degree. Kirk Bowman asks why. Why did states become so actively involved in the tourism sector even as they were reducing their role in other sectors of the economy? Why have destinations with similar endowments differed so greatly in their success in attracting international tourists? And why does tourism in some cases contribute to broader socioeconomic development, and in other cases not?\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDrawing on extensive fieldwork in eight countries between 1996 and 2011, Bowman offers a rich comparative analysis and compelling explanations for both failed policies and impressive successes in using tourism to foster development in Latin America.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EKirk S. Bowman,\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/inta.gatech.edu\/research\/faculty-publications\/peddling-paradise-politics-tourism-latin-america\u0022\u003EPeddling Paradise: The Politics of Tourism in Latin America\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EISBN-13: 9781588268976\u003Cbr \/\u003EPublisher: Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.\u003Cbr \/\u003EPublication date: 4\/28\/2013\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDrawing on extensive fieldwork in eight countries between 1996 and 2011, \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/inta.gatech.edu\/people\/faculty\/kirk-bowman\u0022\u003EDr. Kirk Bowman\u003C\/a\u003E, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, offers a rich comparative analysis and compelling explanations for both failed policies and impressive successes in using tourism to foster development in Latin America.\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27694","created_gmt":"2013-04-01 12:09:10","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:13:55","author":"Debbie Mobley","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2013-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2013-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"203371":{"id":"203371","type":"image","title":"Bowman Book Published on Using Tourism to Foster Development in Latin America","body":null,"created":"1449179952","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:59:12","changed":"1475894859","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:47:39","alt":"Bowman Book Published on Using Tourism to Foster Development in Latin America","file":{"fid":"196642","name":"bowman_book_cover.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bowman_book_cover_0.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/bowman_book_cover_0.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":43487,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/bowman_book_cover_0.jpg?itok=Iq4S8PvJ"}}},"media_ids":["203371"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.rienner.com\/title\/Peddling_Paradise_The_Politics_of_Tourism_in_Latin_America","title":"Peddling Paradise: The Politics of Tourism in Latin America"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"1747","name":"Kirk Bowman"},{"id":"1592","name":"Latin America"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:kirk.bowman@inta.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EKirk Bowman\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EAssociate Professor of International Affairs\u003Cbr \/\u003EProgram Director for Argentina\/Brazil Summer Abroad and Costa Rica Summer Abroad\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["kirk.bowman@inta.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}