Pro-Poverty Tourism

Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Sustainable tourism and poverty elimination. 3. Tourism and national development: a comparative study. 4. Contribution of tourism to poverty reduction. 5. Tourism and poverty elimination. 6. Addressing poverty issues in tourism standards. 7. Tourism and local economic development. 8. The challenges of assessing the poverty impact of ethical trading. 9. Economic significance of tourism in developing countries. 10. Tourism benefiting the poor. 11. Differential impacts of tourism on the poor. 12. Harnessing tourism for poverty elimination: a blue print from the Gambia. Appendices. Index.

"Tourism that generates net benefits for the poor is defined as pro-poor tourism. An analysis of tourism data shows that in most countries with high levels of poverty, tourism is significant or growing. Tourism is therefore a fact of life for many of the poor people of the world.

Aim of this book is to provide important material on strategies for making tourism pro-poor. To focus specifically on unlocking opportunities for the poor within tourism and to increase access of the poor to economic benefits." (jacket)