Tourism development : growth, myths and inequalities /

Making an empirical contribution to the understanding of tourism as a development mechanism in poor regions and countries, this book looks at the successes and paradoxes of tourism in this role and considers why tourism as a catalyst for economic development can be a controversial device. It offers...

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Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2008.
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505 0 # |a The ST-EP programme and least developed countries : is tourism the best alternative? / J. Nawijn, P. Peeters and J. van der Sterren -- The myth of agency through community participation in ecotourism / J. Butcher -- Is tourism fair? What the figures do not tell / H.F. Handszuh -- Western money for southern sympathy : how the Tuareg from Timia are instrumentalizing tourists to support their 'exotic' village / H.A. Friedl -- The influence of religion on global and local conflict in tourism : case studies in Muslim countries / A. Dluz̊ewska -- 'Riding' diversity : Cuban's/jineteros' uses of 'nationality-talks' in the realm of their informal encounters with tourists / V. Simoni -- Destination image revisited : the Dutch market perceptions of Morocco as a tourism destination / O. Moufakkir -- The demand of rural tourism in a natural park in southern Spain / G. Millán Vázquez de la Torre nd E. Agudo Gutiérrez -- Setting the scene : politics of transformation and narratives of preservation in Botiza (Romania) / C. Cipollari -- A contextual approach to the power relation between tourism and development / A.-M. Nogués Pedregal -- Global tourism and urban poor's right to the city : spatial contestation within Cairo's historical districts / W.S. Fahmi -- Kerala's strategy for tourism growth : a southern approach to development and poverty alleviation / K. Baker -- Tourism and Kudumbashree : a southern solution empowering women through tourism / K. Megarry -- Actors or victims? Actor-oriented perspectives on new forms of tourism / C. Flacke-Neudorfer -- Rural tourism in the context of ejidos and community development in Mexico / G. González Guerrero -- Living in hope : tourism and poverty alleviation in Flores? / S. Cole. 
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520 3 # |a Making an empirical contribution to the understanding of tourism as a development mechanism in poor regions and countries, this book looks at the successes and paradoxes of tourism in this role and considers why tourism as a catalyst for economic development can be a controversial device. It offers a perspective on theoretical frameworks and uses international case studies covering both social and economic aspects. The book is relevant to both tourism practitioners and academics. It consists of 16 chapters, in addition to an introduction, and has a subject index. 
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650 # 4 |a Income and Poverty. 
650 # 4 |a Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000) 
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