Tourism and Poverty

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Tourism and Poverty addresses a critical question facing many academics, governments, aid agencies, tourism organisations, and conservation bodies around the world: can tourism work as a tool to overcome poverty? Zusammenfassung Tourism and Poverty addresses a critical question facing many academics, governments, aid agencies, tourism organisations, and conservation bodies around the world: can tourism work as a tool to overcome poverty? Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Regina Scheyvens, Regina (Massey University Scheyvens, Scheyvens Regina
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.06.2013
• EAN: 9780415851671
• ISBN: 978-0-415-85167-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Series: Routledge Advances in Tourism; Routledge Advances in Tourism
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Poverty & Homelessness, Tourism industry, Retail and wholesale industries