Tourism development : growth, myths, and inequalities

Tourism development : growth, myths, and inequalities / edited by Peter M. Burns and Marina Novelli.

"Making the first substantial empirical contribution to the understanding of tourism as a development mechanism in poor regions and countries, this book takes an in-depth look at the successes and paradoxes of tourism in these roles and considers why tourism as a catalyst for economic developme...

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Other Authors: Burns, Peter (Peter M.), Novelli, Marina
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, UK : CABI, 2008.
Series:CAB books.
Subjects:
Tourism.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Hospitality, Travel & Tourism.
Economic development.
Socioeconomics.
Tourism development.
Tourism
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The ST-EP program and LDCs: Is tourism the best alternative?
  • 2. The myth of agency through community participation in ecotourism
  • 3. Is tourism fair? What the figures do not tell
  • 4. Western money for southern sympathy: How Tuareg from Timia are instrumentalising tourists to support their 'exotic' village
  • 5. The influence of religion on global and local conflict in tourism: Case studies in muslim countries
  • 6. 'Riding' diversity: Cuban's / jineteros' uses of 'nationality talks' in the realm of their informal encounters with tourists
  • 7. Destination image revisited: The Dutch market perceptions of Morocco as a tourism destination
  • 8. The demand of rural tourism in a natural park in southern Spain
  • 9. Setting the scene: Politics of transformation and narratives of preservation in Botiza (Romania)
  • 10. A contextual approach to power relation between tourism and development
  • 11. Global tourism and urban poor's right to the city: Spatial contestation within Cairo's historical districts
  • 12. Kerala's strategy for tourism growth: A southern approach to development and poverty alleviation
  • 13. Tourism and Kudumbashree: a southern solution empowering women through tourism
  • 14. Actors or victims? Actor-oriented perspectives on new forms of tourism
  • 15. Rural tourism in the context of Ejidos and community development in Mexico
  • 16. Living in hope: Tourism and poverty alleviation in Flores?

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