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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825097803321

Autore

Holden Andrew <1960-, >

Titolo

Tourism, poverty and development / / Andrew Holden

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Routledge, c2013

Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN

1-135-17564-0

0-415-56627-4

1-135-17565-9

0-203-86154-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (215 p.)

Disciplina

338.4/791091724

Soggetti

Tourism - Developing countries

Poverty - Developing countries

Economic development - Developing countries

Developing countries Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Explaining and understanding poverty; 2 Tourism development: a relationship to poverty?; 3 Geography of poverty; 4 The global political economy and structural causes of poverty; 5 Critiquing tourism and poverty reduction; 6 A way forward; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<P>Poverty alleviation is high on the global policy agenda, its importance being emphasised by its place as the first of the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals. As a potentially significant source of economic growth in developing countries, tourism may also play a major role in poverty reduction and alleviation under the right circumstances. The incorporation of tourism into development policy and Poverty Reduction Strategies has special poignancy for those Least Developed Countries where natural resources exist to support a tourism industry and there are limited development alternat