02891oam 2200661I 450 991078694680332120230803030352.01-135-17564-00-415-56627-41-135-17565-90-203-86154-X10.4324/9780203861547 (CKB)2670000000387427(EBL)1244555(OCoLC)852758118(SSID)ssj0000918757(PQKBManifestationID)12357141(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000918757(PQKBWorkID)10908371(PQKB)10906586(MiAaPQ)EBC1244555(Au-PeEL)EBL1244555(CaPaEBR)ebr10728301(CaONFJC)MIL502771(OCoLC)854569032(FINmELB)ELB143489(EXLCZ)99267000000038742720180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTourism, poverty and development /Andrew HoldenAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (215 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-299-71520-6 0-415-56626-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.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<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 alternatTourismDeveloping countriesPovertyDeveloping countriesEconomic developmentDeveloping countriesDeveloping countriesEconomic conditionsTourismPovertyEconomic development338.4/791091724Holden Andrew1960-,503627MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786946803321Tourism, poverty and development3713321UNINA