Tourism and development

The Cape Town Declaration

( Responsible Tourism Partnership , 2002)

This declaration lays out a number of guiding principles for Responsible Tourism, as identified by tour operators, emerging entrepreneurs in the tourism industry, national parks, provincial conservati...

Can tourism help reduce poverty in Africa?

( J. Mitchell; C. Ashley / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2006)

What real contribution can tourism make to the lives of the poorest sections of African society? Quite a significant one, according to this paper. Although this, they argue, is not recognised or ackno...

The role of tourism in poverty alleviation in Tanzania

( N. Luvanga; J. Shitundu / Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania , 2003)

Since the 1990s, tourism has become the fastest growing industry in Tanzania. By 1999 tourism accounted for 60 percent of all exports of goods and services and 9 percent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP...

The global importance of tourism

( Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations , 1999)

This paper highlights the importance of tourism, in particular the potential that tourism has in terms of creating jobs and wealth, contributing to sustainable development, and providing infrastructur...

Strategies, impacts and costs of pro-poor tourism approaches in South Africa

( A. Spenceley; J. Seif / Pro-Poor Tourism Partnership , 2003)

This paper describes strategies devised by five private sector tourism enterprises in South Africa to address poverty and development issues in neighbouring communities. The enterprises include land-b...

Stepping up: creating a sustainable tourism enterprise strategy that delivers in the developing world

( M. Epler Wood / EplerWood International , 2005)

Pointing to the link between conservation and poverty alleviation, this paper assesses the potential of sustainable tourism or ecotourism as an effective poverty reduction strategy. The central thesis...