Tourism, Microfinance and Poverty Alleviation

Tourism, Microfinance and Poverty Alleviation
Author: World Tourism Organization
Publisher: WTO
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2005
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This publication, produced by the World Tourism Organization and PlaNet Finance, examines the impact of tourism in relation to poverty reduction strategies in developing countries through the use of microfinance options in tourism projects. The report considers seven different approaches for promoting benefits for the poor from tourism development (including employment options, provision of services and products and tourism taxation); the role of small and medium sized businesses; and financing tourism through microcredit schemes, using the example of rural tourism development in Morocco.

Pro-poor Tourism

Pro-poor Tourism
Author: Colin Michael Hall
Publisher: Channel View Publications
Total Pages: 176
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1845410750

Pro-poor tourism is currently receiving enormous attention from the World Tourism Organization, government, industry, and NGOs. Through a series of cases and reviews this book provides one of the first assessments of the effectiveness of pro-poor tourism as a development strategy and tackles the issue of who benefits from tourisms potential role in poverty reduction.

Handbook of Research on the Role of Tourism in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals

Handbook of Research on the Role of Tourism in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals
Author: Brandão, Filipa
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 385
Release: 2020-09-25
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1799856933

Tourism, one of the world’s leading industries, has propelled countries into recovery from economic recession. As a multi-disciplinary, multi-sectoral, holistic, and systemic industry, tourism also uniquely placed to address the concerns of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). While the relationships between tourism, sustainability, and sustainable development are the subjects of deep study, the direct positive effects of tourism on SDGs remain underdiscussed. The Handbook of Research on the Role of Tourism in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals is a collection of innovative research that explores sustainable practices within the tourism industry. While highlighting a broad range of topics including economic growth, education, and production patterns, this book is ideally designed for engineers, entrepreneurs, policymakers, executives, advocates, researchers, academicians, and students.

Tourism and Poverty

Tourism and Poverty
Author: Regina Scheyvens
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 379
Release: 2012-03-28
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1136830413

Tourism and Poverty addresses a critical question facing many academics, governments, aid agencies, tourism organizations, and conservation bodies around the world: can tourism work as a tool to overcome poverty? This book is the first to present a focused description and critique of the issues surrounding poverty and tourism. Relying on a wealth of primary data on tourism, Regina Scheyvens supports her findings with novel case studies such as innovative partnerships between resorts and fledgling indigenous businesses in Fiji, Oxfam’s work to connect the agriculture and tourism sectors in the Caribbean, and difficulties in alleviating poverty in the Maldives despite the growth of luxury tourism. This book will challenge the way academics and tourism professionals understand the current and potential role of tourism in alleviating poverty.

Tourism Development

Tourism Development
Author: P. Burns
Publisher: CABI
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2008
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1845934261

A collection of essays from scholars evaluating tourism as a means of simulating economic growth and fighting economic inequalities in poor countries. It takes a look at the successes and failures of tourism in this role, and considers why tourism as a catalyst for economic development can be a controversial device.

Poverty Reduction for Inclusive Sustainable Growth in Developing Asia

Poverty Reduction for Inclusive Sustainable Growth in Developing Asia
Author: Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2021-05-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9811611076

This book provides practical policy recommendations that are useful for developing Asia and for accelerating poverty reduction plans in the rest of the world. Poverty reduction in all its forms remains one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. In developing Asia, rapid growth in countries and sub-regions such as China, India, and Southeast Asia has lifted millions out of poverty, but progress has been uneven. On the other hand, the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the global economic recession that it has caused are pushing millions of people back into poverty. Poverty reduction, inclusive growth, and sustainable development are inseparable, and poverty reduction is the premise for sustainable development. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a bold commitment to finish what we started and end poverty in all forms and dimensions by 2030. However, because of the current global recession, the world is not on track to end poverty by 2030. Given the aforementioned situation, if we plan to achieve the no-poverty target in line with the SDGs, governments need to reconsider their policies and economies need to allocate their resources for this aim. Owing to the importance of the topic, this book provides several thematic and empirical studies on the roles of small and medium-sized enterprises, local businesses and trusts, international remittances and microfinance, energy security and energy efficiency in poverty reduction, and inclusive growth.

Poverty Alleviation Through Tourism

Poverty Alleviation Through Tourism
Author: World Tourism Organization
Publisher: WTO
Total Pages: 154
Release: 2006
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

This publication contains details of private or public tourism projects that have been presented by WTO Member States as examples of good, sustainable practices for poverty reduction through tourism. They are drawn from 26 case studies from 20 countries including three LDCs (least developed countries) of Ethiopia, Mali and Mozambique, and include examples of projects relating to agro-tourism, tourism micro-entrepreneur networks, village tourism, community-based hotels, parks or protected areas, guide training and handicraft development.

Tourism and Development

Tourism and Development
Author: Richard Sharpley
Publisher: Channel View Publications
Total Pages: 568
Release: 2015
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 184541473X

This book explores the relationship between tourism and development and establishes a conceptual link between the interconnected disciplines of tourism studies and development studies. This new edition includes updated chapters drawing on contemporary knowledge as well as 5 new chapters that consider emergent themes in tourism and development.

Dynamics of the Tourism Industry

Dynamics of the Tourism Industry
Author: Gül Erkol Bayram
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 276
Release: 2024-02-13
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1000988767

The tourism industry is one of the most fragile industries because it can be significantly impacted by outside forces, such as pandemics and health scares, natural disasters and catastrophes, economic crises, political recessions and wars, and more, especially epidemics that occur on a global scale, which can cause societies to weaken or be damaged. This new volume presents collective experiences that explore how the tourism industry is affected by pandemics and natural disasters, offering case studies and strategies to mitigate their harmful impact.

Socio-Economic Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications

Socio-Economic Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Author: Management Association, Information Resources
Publisher: IGI Global
Total Pages: 1732
Release: 2018-11-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1522573127

The social and economic systems of any country are influenced by a range of factors including income and education. As such, it is vital to examine how these factors are creating opportunities to improve both the economy and the lives of people within these countries. Socio-Economic Development: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications provides a critical look at the process of social and economic transformation based on environmental and cultural factors including income, skills development, employment, and education. Highlighting a range of topics such as economics, social change, and e-governance, this multi-volume book is designed for policymakers, practitioners, city-development planners, academicians, government officials, and graduate-level students interested in emerging perspectives on socio-economic development.