Tourism, poverty and development / Andrew Holden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holden, Andrew, 1960- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism--Developing countries.

Tourism.

Poverty--Developing countries.

Poverty.

Economic development--Developing countries.

Economic development.

Developing countries--Economic conditions.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<P>Poverty alleviation is high on the global policy agenda, its importance being emphasised by its place as the first of the United Nation's 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 alternat

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Explaining and understanding poverty; 2 Tourism development: a relationship to poverty?; 3 Geography of poverty; 4 The global political economy and structural causes of poverty; 5 Critiquing tourism and poverty reduction; 6 A way forward; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from title page (ebrary, viewed July 15, 2013).

ISBN:

1-135-17564-0

0-415-56627-4

1-135-17565-9

0-203-86154-X

9780203861547

OCLC:

852758118