Tourism Development: Growth, Myths, and InequalitiesP. Burns, Marina Novelli A collection of essays from scholars evaluating tourism as a means of simulating economic growth and fighting economic inequalities in poor countries. It takes a 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. |
Contents
is Tourism the Best Alternative? | 1 |
2 The Myth of Agency Through Community Participation in Ecotourism | 11 |
3 Is Tourism Fair? What the Figures Do Not Tell | 28 |
How the Tuareg from Timia are Instrumentalizing Tourists to Support their Exotic Village | 39 |
Case Studies in Muslim Countries | 52 |
CubansJineteros Uses of Nationalitytalks in the Realm of their Informal Encounters with Tourists | 68 |
the Dutch Market Perceptions of Morocco as a Tourism Destination | 85 |
8 The Demand of Rural Tourism in a Natural Park in Southern Spain | 113 |
10 A Contextual Approach to the Power Relation Between Tourism and Development | 141 |
Spatial Contestation within Cairos Historical Districts | 159 |
a Southern Approach to Development and Poverty Alleviation | 192 |
a Southern Solution Empowering Women through Tourism | 217 |
14 Actors or Victims? Actororiented Perspectives on New Forms of Tourism | 239 |
15 Rural Tourism in the Context of Ejidos and Community Development in Mexico | 259 |
Tourism and Poverty Alleviation in Flores? | 272 |
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