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Introduction: Predatory and Sticky Tourism Geographies -- Beach Enclosures: Manufacturing a Caribbean Paradise -- Wild Hotspots: Contested Natures on the Maya Coast -- Colonial Enclaves: Site-Specific Indigeneity for Luxury Tourism -- City-Village: Domestic Maquila in the Tourist Offstage -- Conclusion: Tourism Fixation and Disciplinary Retoolings.

This paper is the introduction to the monographic issue Anthropology, globalization and ethnographic practices. It is organized in two main sections which explore the context, objectives and orientation of the special number, as well as each contribution in detail. Using a wide and open definition of globalization, the contributions to this issue can be organized in two main sections: the ones that pay special attention to the vectors and socio-spatial impacts of globalization as an economic, political and technological process; and those papers which urge to articulate alternatives to hegemonic globalization and that do so by using an anthropological knowledge and practice. ; Este texto es la introducción y presentación del volumen monográfico Antropología, globalización y prácticas etnográficas. Está organizado en dos grandes secciones en las que se presenta, por una parte, el contexto, los objetivos y la orientación con la que nace este número, y por otra parte, cada una de las contribuciones que lo conforman. Utilizando una aproximación muy amplia y abierta del concepto de globalización, estas contribuciones se pueden organizar en dos grandes bloques. Por un lado, aquellas que prestan una atención especial a los vectores e impactos socio-espaciales de la globalización entendida como proceso económico, político y tecnológico; y por otro lado, las que plantean la necesidad de articular alternativas a la globalización hegemónica utilizando para ello el conocimiento y las prácticas antropológicas.

Tourism Governance takes a systematic approach to reveal the varying internal and external dynamics that influence tourism policy and strategy across countries. With particular attention to the role of stakeholders and governmental scales, the book offers a broad geographic representation, highlighting the diversity of governance relationships towards tourism in Colombia, Egypt, Finland, France, India, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, and United States. Two additional chapters push beyond borders to examine tourism driven nongovernmental organizations and international tourism governance. As the first and only comprehensive comparative analysis of tourism across governmental systems, Tourism Governance promises to be a platform for inspiring critical discourse on the forces that shape this global industry