First Published in 2009. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

This book provides a holistic, explicit and detailed introduction to the relationship of poverty and tourism development within the context of developing countr

Over the past decade, there have been an increasing number of publications that have analysed and critiqued the potential of tourism to be a mechanism for pover

This publication contains details of private or public tourism projects that have been presented by WTO Member States as examples of good, sustainable practices

1. Introduction -- 2. Poverty and tourism unpacked -- 3. Tourism entrenches poverty -- 4. Poverty attracts tourists -- 5. Tourism reduces poverty-- tourism indu