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Book SynopsisA collection of essays from specialist scholars evaluating tourism as a means of simulating economic growth and fighting economic inequalities in poor countries: As a tool for poverty reduction in economically underdeveloped regions, tourism has been at the forefront of the international development agenda. This book takes an in-depth look at the successes and failures of tourism in this role, and considers why tourism as a catalyst for economic development can be a controversial device
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Table of Contents1: 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: Making the set: Politics of transformation and narratives of preservation in Botiza (Romania) 10: 'From the inside to the inside': A new development model in tourism environments 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: Tourism, gender and development in the third world: A case study from Northern Laos 15: Rural tourism in the context of Ejidos and community development in Mexico 16: Living in hope: Tourism and poverty alleviation in Flores
