Jamie Gillen is assistant professor of geography at the National University of Singapore.

Entrepreneurialism and Tourism in Contemporary Vietnam explores the entrepreneurial model of political governance in Ho Chi Minh City’s tourist industry. This is a thought-provoking book that provides important insights into the processes of development, entrepreneurialism, and tourism. This study is an intriguing and insightful contribution to tourism at the intersections of international capitalism, the state, and ongoing debates surrounding the changing face of Vietnam’s economy.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Rethinking Entrepreneurialism through Cultural-Economic RegistersChapter 3: A Battle worth Winning?: The Production and Protection of Culture in the Reform EraChapter 4: State-non-State Coordination in the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism IndustryChapter 5: Commodifying Memory: Touring Warscapes in South VietnamChapter 6: Domestic Tourism in Vietnam: Disruptions of a Dialectic and a “Stereotypical” ResponseChapter 7: Conclusion

Jamie Gillen is assistant professor of geography at the National University of Singapore.

Entrepreneurialism and Tourism in Contemporary Vietnam explores the entrepreneurial model of political governance in Ho Chi Minh City’s tourist industry. This is a thought-provoking book that provides important insights into the processes of development, entrepreneurialism, and tourism. This study is an intriguing and insightful contribution to tourism at the intersections of international capitalism, the state, and ongoing debates surrounding the changing face of Vietnam’s economy.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Rethinking Entrepreneurialism through Cultural-Economic RegistersChapter 3: A Battle worth Winning?: The Production and Protection of Culture in the Reform EraChapter 4: State-non-State Coordination in the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism IndustryChapter 5: Commodifying Memory: Touring Warscapes in South VietnamChapter 6: Domestic Tourism in Vietnam: Disruptions of a Dialectic and a “Stereotypical” ResponseChapter 7: Conclusion

Jamie Gillen is assistant professor of geography at the National University of Singapore.

Entrepreneurialism and Tourism in Contemporary Vietnam explores the entrepreneurial model of political governance in Ho Chi Minh City’s tourist industry. This is a thought-provoking book that provides important insights into the processes of development, entrepreneurialism, and tourism. This study is an intriguing and insightful contribution to tourism at the intersections of international capitalism, the state, and ongoing debates surrounding the changing face of Vietnam’s economy.

• Chapter 1: IntroductionChapter 2: Rethinking Entrepreneurialism through Cultural-Economic RegistersChapter 3: A Battle worth Winning?: The Production and Protection of Culture in the Reform EraChapter 4: State-non-State Coordination in the Ho Chi Minh City Tourism IndustryChapter 5: Commodifying Memory: Touring Warscapes in South VietnamChapter 6: Domestic Tourism in Vietnam: Disruptions of a Dialectic and a “Stereotypical” ResponseChapter 7: Conclusion