Andrew Holden

Tourism, Poverty and Development

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book provides a holistic, explicit and detailed introduction to the relationship of poverty and tourism development within the context of developing countries. The book is divided into three distinct sections, progressing from an evaluation of the key concepts, the causal factors of poverty and how tourism is being implemented in policy and practice to reduce poverty, to the relationship of tourism and poverty in the future. The theoretical framework inherent to the text is inter-disciplinary, incorporating tourism, geography, politics, economics, environmental studies, development studies, sociology and history literature to provide the reader with a range of perspectives from which to explore the key issues of the tourism and poverty relationship. It integrates examples and original case studies from varying geographical developing regions including Latin American, Asia and Africa to show practical insights into tourism's role in poverty alleviation. To encourage reflection on the main themes addressed and critical thinking, 'Think points', discussion questions and links to further reading are included in each chapter.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 214
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9780415566261
• ISBN-10: 0415566266
• Artikelnr.: 35421721

Autorenporträt

Holden, Andrew

Inhaltsangabe

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