Pro-poor Tourism : Who Benefits?:Perspectives on Tourism and Poverty Reduction.
Title:
Pro-poor Tourism : Who Benefits?:Perspectives on Tourism and Poverty Reduction.
Author:
Hall, C. Michael.
ISBN:
9781845410766
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (175 pages)
Series:
Current Themes in Tourism, No. 3 ; v.No. 3
Current Themes in Tourism, No. 3
Contents:
Contents -- Editorial Pro-Poor Tourism: Do 'Tourism Exchanges Benefit Primarily the Countries of the South'? -- Tourism and Poverty Alleviation: An Integrative Research Framework -- Tourism as a Tool for Poverty Alleviation: A Critical Analysis of 'Pro-Poor Tourism' and Implications for Sustainability -- Growth Versus Equity: The Continuum of Pro-Poor Tourism and Neoliberal Governance -- Lao Tourism and Poverty Alleviation: Community-Based Tourism and the Private Sector -- Exploring the Tourism-Poverty Nexus -- Nature-Based Tourism and Poverty Alleviation: Impacts of Private Sector and Parastatal Enterprises In and Around Kruger National Park, South Africa.
Abstract:
Pro-poor tourism, is receiving attention from the World Tourism Organization, the UN system, governments, industry, and NGOs and is an integral component of sustainable development strategies in the less developed countries. Using cases and reviews, this book gives an assessments of the effectiveness of pro-poor tourism as a development strategy.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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