Pro-poor Tourism : Who Benefits?

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 effectivenes...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Hall, C. Michael
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Clevedon : Channel View Publications, 2007.
Series:Current Themes in Tourism, No. 3.
Table of 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.