Government documents, tourism plans, and scholarly publications
provided information on state policies on tourism and ethnic minorities, the history, current situation and magnitude of ethnic tourism,
the role and objectives of government in directing ethnic tourism,
the context in which such tourism has evolved, tourism planning, and
socio-cultural responses from minority peoples. Tourism brochures,
magazines, books, video CDs, and flyers were reviewed for additional insight into promotional tactics. Tourism plans, government documents,
newspapers, and journal articles were examined to identify issues in ethnic tourism, and to understand the impacts of policies on minorities.
These data were tabulated and assessed using the four tensions of ethnic tourism described above as a conceptual organizational tool.servation.