Coastal Ecuador, Tourism, and the Politics of Authenticity
by
Kimbra Smith
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
The community of Agua Blanca, deep within the Machalilla National Park on the coast of Ecuador, found itself facing the twenty-first century with a choice: embrace a booming tourist industry eager to experience a preconceived notion of indigeneity, or risk losing a battle against the encroaching forces...