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DESCRIPTION:When There Are No Tourists: The Reaction of Sightseeing Ricksha
 w Drivers to Uncertainty in Tourism Work “Here [in Bharatpur] there is no 
 mazdūrī (wage labor). Working in the “tourist line” is much better work. W
 orking with foreigners\, you can make good money\,” stated Tej Singh matte
 r-of-factly. He is one of 120 men who work as sightseeing rickshaw pullers
 \, ferrying tourists around Keoladeo National Park (KNP)\, Rajasthan. Star
 ted in 1980\, this program\, which trains rickshaw pullers to show tourist
 s the ecological and cultural aspects of the Park\, has been recognized as
  a model of participation in tourism and conservation. While Tej is assert
 ive in his claim\, it belies the often tenuous nature of his work.&nbsp\;&
 nbsp\; While working in tourism provides the rickshaw pullers an opportuni
 ty to earn more than those people of their caste and class who engage in o
 ther types of work\, working in the tourism industry can be an insecure me
 ans of livelihood. Environmental disasters (i.e.\, water shortage) and int
 ernational geo-politics (i.e.\, terrorism) have led to a decrease in touri
 st arrivals in Bharatpur over the last eight to ten years. The lower numbe
 r of tourists often means that a rickshaw driver may go three or more days
  without work in any given week. Despite this fact\, the men with whom I s
 poke still argued that working in tourism is their best chance to make eno
 ugh to support their families. Based on the semi-structured interviews and
  participant observation that I undertook during 15 months of ethnographic
  fieldwork in Bharatpur\, my paper examine the strategies that these men u
 se to cope with the challenges that working in a volatile tourism economy 
 pose.&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:SAC Presents: Emera Bridger Wilson
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:When There Are No Tourists: The Reaction of Si
 ghtseeing Rickshaw Drivers to Uncertainty in Tourism Work “Here [in Bharat
 pur] there is no mazdūrī (wage labor). Working in the “tourist line” is mu
 ch better work. Working with foreigners\, you can make good money\,” state
 d Tej Singh matter-of-factly. He is one of 120 men who work as sightseeing
  rickshaw pullers\, ferrying tourists around Keoladeo National Park (KNP)\
 , Rajasthan. Started in 1980\, this program\, which trains rickshaw puller
 s to show tourists the ecological and cultural aspects of the Park\, has b
 een recognized as a model of participation in tourism and conservation. Wh
 ile Tej is assertive in his claim\, it belies the often tenuous nature of 
 his work.&nbsp\;&nbsp\; While working in tourism provides the rickshaw pul
 lers an opportunity to earn more than those people of their caste and clas
 s who engage in other types of work\, working in the tourism industry can 
 be an insecure means of livelihood. Environmental disasters (i.e.\, water 
 shortage) and international geo-politics (i.e.\, terrorism) have led to a 
 decrease in tourist arrivals in Bharatpur over the last eight to ten years
 . The lower number of tourists often means that a rickshaw driver may go t
 hree or more days without work in any given week. Despite this fact\, the 
 men with whom I spoke still argued that working in tourism is their best c
 hance to make enough to support their families. Based on the semi-structur
 ed interviews and participant observation that I undertook during 15 month
 s of ethnographic fieldwork in Bharatpur\, my paper examine the strategies
  that these men use to cope with the challenges that working in a volatile
  tourism economy pose.&nbsp\;
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