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Women in Tourism: A Case Study of Bukit Lawang
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Women in Tourism: A Case Study of Bukit Lawang

Rebecca Hicks
Honours, Murdoch University
1993
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Abstract

Tourism is a recent and rapidly expanding phenomenon in Bukit Lawang. Since foreign tourist numbers of 2,000 people were first recorded in 1985, the tourist industry has averaged an annual growth rate of 28%. By 1991, foreign tourist arrivals totalled over 16,000 people. In a village population of approximately 2,500 persons, the tourist industry represents a significant agent of development and change (Hicks and Warren forthcoming)1…

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