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Zusatztext 'This book offers a timely and much-needed discussion of the historical and geopolitical context of poverty in the developing world! along with valuable intersections with tourism and development. It is an important reading for students interested in pro-poor tourism as well as sustainable tourism! ecotourism! and tourism development in general.'- Tazim Jamal! Associate Professor! Texas A&M University'The numbers of people in the world suffering poverty should be a source of shame for all of us! that demands we think and act to reduce poverty. This book brings a multi-disciplinary approach to help students develop a political literacy about the real causes of poverty and what tourism can contribute to make the world a fairer place for all.'- Graham Miller! Professor of Sustainability in Business! University of Surrey'This an excellent introductory text to the study of Tourism and its effects on the socioeconomic and cultural environment of developing and emerging countries! within today's contemporary sustainability agenda....The final chapter in particular gives a clear analysis of where the sustainable and development tourism discourse is today! and analyses and describes! where required with diagrammatic illustrations! the likely trends of the future.'- Dr Ola Uduku! Reader in Architecture! Co-Director Urban Strategies and Development M.Sc. University of Edinburgh'The text provides a comprehensive introduction to poverty and tourism development in LDCs and opens up room for further interrogation! including over the accessibility of capital for the poor to start tourism-related enterprises in LDCs. The book is relevant for tourism students and provides the arguments and counter arguments! on the economic! cultural and social impacts it may have with respect to poverty.'- Geoffrey K. Riungu (October 2015;?15?(4)) "Book review: Holden! Andrew. 2013: Tourism! Poverty and Development"! Progress in Development Studies Journal Informationen zum Autor Holden, Andrew Klappentext This book provides a holistic, explicit and detailed introduction to the relationship of poverty and tourism development within the context of developing countries. The book is divided into three distinct sections, progressing from an evaluation of the key concepts, the causal factors of poverty and how tourism is being implemented in policy and practice to reduce poverty, to the relationship of tourism and poverty in the future. The theoretical framework inherent to the text is inter-disciplinary, incorporating tourism, geography, politics, economics, environmental studies, development studies, sociology and history literature to provide the reader with a range of perspectives from which to explore the key issues of the tourism and poverty relationship. It integrates examples and original case studies from varying geographical developing regions including Latin American, Asia and Africa to show practical insights into tourism's role in poverty alleviation. To encourage reflection on the main themes addressed and critical thinking, 'Think points', discussion questions and links to further reading are included in each chapter. 'This book offers a timely and much-needed discussion of the historical and geopolitical context of poverty in the developing world, along with valuable intersections with tourism and development. It is an important reading for students interested in pro-poor tourism as well as sustainable tourism, ecotourism, and tourism development in general.' - Tazim Jamal, Associate Professor, Texas A&M University 'The numbers of people in the world suffering poverty should be a source of shame for all of us, that demands we think and act to reduce poverty. This book brings a multi-disciplinary approach to help students develop a political literacy about the real causes of poverty and what tourism can contribute to make the world a fairer place for all.' - Graham Miller, Professor of Sustai...