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Pathways to Prosperity? Mainstreaming pro-poor approaches in tourism

15 June 2007 09:00-16:00 (GMT+00) - Conference

Looking over the wall in Accra, Ghana (Source: Edward B, Flickr - http://flickr.com/photos/ruvjet/)

  • Over the past year, the ODI Tourism Programme – together with like-minded donor agencies, NGOs and other organisations – has been exploring a new and innovative way of understanding the links between tourism and poor people. This event brought together people from the North and South who are aiming to make tourism work for the poor to discuss this approach. Participants included leading donors, development practitioners, private sector operators, non-governmental organisations and researchers.

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    Simon Maxwell - ODI
    Caroline Ashley - ODI
    Professor David Harrison - London Met. University / ODI
    Shaun Mann - World Bank
    John Hummel - SNV Netherland Development Organisation
    Le Chi Phuc - Management Consulting, Hanoi
    Kate Lloyd-Williams - International Finance Corporation
    Chris Thompson - Federation of Tour Operators
    Sue Hurdle - Travel Foundation
    Jane Ashton - First Choice Holidays
    Harold Goodwin - Int. Centre for Responsible Tourism
    Tricia Barnett - Tourism Concern
    Neel Inandar - Conservation International

     

  • An ODI conference.
Chair for morning: Simon Maxwell, ODI Director
  • 10:30 – 10:35 Introduction by Simon Maxwell
  • 10:35 – 10:55 How did we get here?
    Caroline Ashley (ODI) and Professor David Harrison (London Met. University / ODI) discuss the emergence and convergence of ideas around pro-poor tourism.
  • 10:55 – 11:30 Pathways to prosperity?
    Shaun Mann (World Bank) and Jonathan Mitchell (ODI) look at ways to understand links between tourism and poor people.
  • 11:30 – 12:15 In what ways do the poor participate in the tourist economy?
    Caroline Ashley (ODI), John Hummel (SNV Netherland
    Development Organisation) and Jonathan Mitchell (ODI) present two early case studies from SE Asia and West Africa.
  • 12:15 – 12:30 Q&A
  • 12:30 – 13:30 Lunch

Chair for afternoon: Andrew Shepherd, ODI Director of Programmes, Rural Policy and Governance Group.

  • 13:30 – 14:15 From analysis to action: Increasing the impact of tourism on poverty reduction?
    Case studies from Ethiopia, Vietnam and the Mekong presented by Jonathan Mitchell (ODI), Le Chi Phuc (Management Consulting, Hanoi), Shaun Mann (World Bank) and Kate Lloyd-Williams (International Finance Corporation).
  • 14:15 – 15:30 Q&A
  • 15:00 - 15:30 Tea and Coffee
  • 15:30 – 16:00 The challenge of mainstreaming pro-poor tourism
    Short presentations from Chris Thompson (Federation of Tour Operators); Jane Ashton (First Choice Holidays); Tricia Barnett (Tourism Concern); Harold Goodwin (Int. Centre for Responsible Tourism), Sue Hurdle (Travel Foundation), Neel Inandar (Conservation International).
  • 16:00 – 16:30 Plenary discussion.
    Followed by summary by Jon Mitchell, head of ODI Tourism Programme.

Wine and nibbles will be available following the event.