Foreword; Introduction - Tourism in the region: statistics, flows, patterns, regionalisation (Michael Hall and Stephen Page); Historical dimensions (Norman Douglas, Pacific Profiles and Ngairie Douglas, Southern Cross University); Economic dimensions (T.C.Chang, National University of Singapore); Social and cultural dimensions (Trevor Sofield, Murdoch University); Environmental dimensions (Michael Hall); Political and public sector dimensions (Michael Hall); Planning and development (Russel Arthur Smith, Nanyang Polytechnic); Transport and infrastructure (Stephen Page); Human resource management, labour and quality issues (Perry Hobson and Paul Weeks, Southern Cross University); Marketing of tourism in South East Asia (Trevor Sofield, Murdoch University); Country and regional studies - Malaysia (Ghazali Musa, University of Otago); Indonesia (Michael Hall); Thailand (James Higham, University of Otago); Singapore: tourism development in a planned context (Peggy Teo and T.C.Chang, University of Singapore); Philippines (Tom Baum, University of Strathclyde); Brunei (Tom Baum, University of Strathclyde); Vietnam (Malcolm Cooper); Myanmar, Cambodia and Laos (Vanessa O'Sullivan, Michael Hall and Greg Ringer, University of Oregon); Tourism in India (Tej Vir Singh and Shalini Singh, Tourism Recreation Research, Lucknow, India); Pakistan and Bangladesh (Michael Hall and Stephen Page); Sri Lanka and the Maldives (Ross Dowling, Edith Cowan University); Nepal, Bhutan and Tibet (Tara D Gurung and David Simmons); China (Alan Lew, University of Northern Arizona); Conclusions.