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Tourism, poverty and development / / Andrew Holden



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Autore: Holden Andrew <1960-, > Visualizza persona
Titolo: Tourism, poverty and development / / Andrew Holden Visualizza cluster
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
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 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.: 9910462952203321
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