Tourism, poverty and development / Andrew Holden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holden, Andrew, 1960-

Contributor:

John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism--Developing countries.

Tourism.

Developing countries.

Poverty--Developing countries.

Poverty.

Economic development--Developing countries.

Economic development.

Developing countries--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

xiii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, [2013]

Summary:

Poverty alleviation is high on the global policy agenda, its importance being emphasised by its place as the first of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals. As a potentially significant source of economic growth in developing countries, tourism may also play a major role in poverty reduction and alleviation under the right circumstances. The incorporation of tourism into development policy and Poverty Reduction Strategies has special poignancy for those Least Developed Countries where natural resources exist to support a tourism industry and there are limited development alternatives. This book offers a holistic, explicit and detailed introduction to the relationship of poverty and tourism within the context of developing countries. It is divided into distinct sections, progressing from an evaluation of the key concepts of poverty, tourism and development; to the causal factors of poverty; to the mechanisms of how tourism is being implemented in policy and practice to reduce poverty; and finally to an analysis of the relationship between tourism to poverty alleviation in the future. The adopted analytical approach of the key themes is multi-disciplinary, incorporating tourism studies, human geography, political economy, economics, development and environmental studies. It integrates examples and original case studies from varying geographical developing regions including Africa, South Asian and East Asia and the Pacific, to lend practical insights into tourism's role in poverty alleviation. The text will be of particular interest to higher education students from tourism studies, geography, political economy, environmental and development studies, and sociology backgrounds. It will also be of relevance to government and policy makers, alongside those who have a more general interest in poverty alleviation. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Explaining and understanding poverty 1

2 Tourism development: a relationship to poverty? 32

3 Geography of poverty 67

4 The global political economy and structural causes of poverty 96

5 Critiquing tourism and poverty reduction 117

6 A way forward 146.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the John Lammey Stewart Memorial Library Fund.

ISBN:

9780415566261

0415566266

9780415566278

0415566274

9780203861547

020386154X

OCLC:

701015703