Tourism, poverty and development / / Andrew Holden

• Autore: Holden Andrew <1960-, >
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (215 p.)
• Disciplina: 338.4/791091724
• Soggetto topico: Tourism - Developing countries; Poverty - Developing countries; Economic development - Developing countries
• Soggetto geografico: Developing countries Economic conditions
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Tourism, poverty and development
• ISBN: 1-135-17564-0; 0-415-56627-4; 1-135-17565-9; 0-203-86154-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786946803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II