Tourism and Poverty

ISBN-13: 9780415996754 / Angielski / Twarda / 2010 / 288 str.

Regina Scheyvens

Opis

Tourism and poverty addresses a critical question facing many academics, governments, aid agencies, tourism organizations, and conservation bodies around the world - can tourism work as a tool to overcome poverty? This book is the first to present a focused description and critique of the issues surrounding poverty and tourism.

Spis treści

1. Introduction  2. Poverty and Tourism Unpacked  3. Tourism Entrenches Poverty  4. Poverty Attracts Tourists  5. Tourism Reduces Poverty: Tourism Industry Approaches  6. Tourism Reduces Poverty: Government Approaches  7. Tourism Reduces Poverty: Development Agency Approaches  8. Conclusion

O autorze

Regina Scheyvens heads the Institute of Development Studies at Massey University, New Zealand. Here she combines a passion for teaching about international development with research on tourism and development. In 2002 she published Tourism for Development: Empowering Communities, and she has written articles on themes such as backpacker tourism, ecotourism, and sustainable tourism.