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EXPLORING ECOTOURISM

Tourism and Poverty Alleviation
by Ron Mader

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This section of Exploring Ecotourism reviews how tourism can be used to create meaningful employment and alleviate poverty.


QUESTIONS

What are specific examples of tourism used to create jobs and alleviate poverty?
How well do development agencies collaborate with the private sector?
What use is aid where corruption is rife?
Do development agencies track the effectiveness of job creation as they fund tourism development?

BACKGROUND

Poverty alleviation starts with job creation.

LANGUAGE

We prefer the term poverty alleviation tourism over 'Pro Poor Tourism,' an awkward term with noble sentiments. From the name it is unclear whether this tourism exploits the poor or works toward the alleviation of poverty.

MICROFINANCE

b Why We Need Micro Loans Instead Of Slum Tourism - Brave New Traveler
b Microfinance: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - WorldChanging
b Microfinance’s Success Sets Off a Debate in Mexico - Elisabeth Malkin/New York Times

MOUNTAINS

Every year, International Mountain Day is observed with a different theme relevant to sustainable mountain development. The theme chosen for 2005 was 'Sustainable Tourism for Poverty Alleviation in Mountain Areas.'

RECOMMENDATIONS

Spend time and listen to local communities. How do they suggest creating jobs?

FEATURES

g Tourism and Microphilanthropy
g Sustainable Tourism Bank Watch

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g What is the value of attention?
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g Finance
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g Poverty Alleviation
g Communities, Tourism and Poverty Alleviation in Africa
GUIDELINES

REFERENCES

b Can tourism accelerate pro-poor growth in Africa - ODI
b The role of tourism in Poverty Alleviation in Tanzania (PDF)
b Pro Poor Tourism Projects in Southern Africa
b Next stop, squalor - Smithsonian
b A su derecha
b Slum Tourism - Foreign Policy Blog
b VAMOS! Mexico
b World Bank to develop new Tourism Account - TravelMole
b Pro poor tourism - Google


RECOMMENDED READING

Graham Hancock
Lords of Poverty, Atlantic Montly Publishers, 1992


C. Michael Hall, editor
Pro-poor tourism: Who benefits?, Channel View, 2007 (176 pages, $69.95)
- Perspectives on tourism and poverty reduction

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