Over the past decade, there have been an increasing number of publications that have analysed and critiqued the potential of tourism to be a mechanism for poverty reduction in less economically developed countries (LEDCs). This book showcases work by established and emerging researchers that provide...

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Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	New York Routledge 2016
Schlagworte:	Tourism Poverty Reduktion Armut Tourismus
Zusammenfassung:	Over the past decade, there have been an increasing number of publications that have analysed and critiqued the potential of tourism to be a mechanism for poverty reduction in less economically developed countries (LEDCs). This book showcases work by established and emerging researchers that provides new thinking and tests previously made assumptions, providing an essential guide for students, practitioners and academics
Beschreibung:	Tourism and poverty reduction principles and impacts in developing countries / Anna Spenceley and Dorothea Meyer. Section 1. Development agency strategies and approaches. Tourism and development at work years of tourism and poverty reduction within the SNV Netherlands Development Organisation / John Hummel and Rene van der Duim -- Influenced and influential the role of tour operators and development organisations in tourism and poverty reduction in Ecuador / Louise Mary Erskine and Dorothea Meyer -- Community-based tourism enterprises challenges and prospects for community participation; Khama Rhino Sanctuary Trust, Botswana / Lesego Senyana Stone and Tibabo Moren Stone. Section 2. Governance and biodiversity conservation. Blessing or curse? The political economy of tourism development in Tanzania / Fred Nelson -- Tourism revenue sharing policy at Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda a policy arrangements approach / Wilber Manyisa Ahebwa, Rene van der Duim and Chris Sandbrook -- Community-based cultural tourism issues, threats and opportunities / Noel B. Salazar. Section 3. Assessment of tourism impacts. The role of tourism employment in poverty reduction and community perceptions of conservation and tourism in southern Africa / Susan Lynne Snyman -- Tourism and poverty alleviation in Fiji comparing the impacts of small- and large-scale tourism enterprises / Regina Scheyvens and Matt Russell -- A critical analysis of tourism, gender and poverty reduction / Hazel Tucker and Brenda Boonabaana -- Can ecotourism deliver real economic, social, and environmental benefits? A study of the Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica / Carter A. Hunt, William H. Durham, Laura Driscoll and Martha Honey. Section 4. Value chain analysis and inter-sectoral linkages. Value chain approaches to assessing the impact of tourism on low-income households in developing countries / Jonathan Mitchell -- Tourism -agriculture linkages in rural South Africa evidence from the accommodation sector / Christian M. Rogerson -- Social enterprises in tourism an exploratory study of operational models and success factors / Janina von der Weppen and Janet Cochrane
Beschreibung:	xv, 272 pages illustrations, charts 26 cm