Tourism is more and more popular as a part of development strategy in
developing countries due to three main motivations: tourism contributes to
economic growth; tourism improves income distribution; and tourism
develops and enhances the clean environment. Do these expected merits
from tourism happen in every developing country? Does tourism growth
reduce income disparity of the nation? Is tourism development pro-poor
growth? Is tourism growth a green development strategy? What are the
major factors that determine the direction and size of the expected virtues?
The book examines these...