What role can tourism play in development?
The World Tourism Organisation argues that responsible tourism can play a significant role in eradicating poverty and meeting the millennium development goals. But is it right?
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An unconventional but essential marriage: pro-poor tourism and the mainstream industry
Pro-poor tourism has had a significant impact on the ‘tourism and development’ agenda, but is unlikely to become hegemonic. Its impact on broader development debates, the mainstream tourism industry, and the public has been more limited.
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Value chain analysis and poverty reduction at scale
Jonathan Mitchell and Caroline AshleyExperience in tourism shows that value chain analysis can help to make markets work for the poor.
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Looking over the wall in Accra, Ghana
Two women looking over the wall down to a beach in Accra, Ghana
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Source: FlickrPro Poor Analysis of the conference tourism value chain in Accra, Ghana
This project assesses the conference tourism value chain in Accra, Ghana, for the Netherlands Development Organisation (SNV), in order to identify areas where its pro-poor impact can be increased, to provide recommendations for interventions, and to provide a strategic framework for understanding pro-poor flows in conference tourism that will guide future interventions in conference tourism value chains in other West and Central African capital cities.
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'Stretch objectives' for the travel industry
This project assists the Travel Foundation, the travel’s industry’s charity, in setting stretch objectives to support its role in creating step change in the sustainability impact of outbound tourism from the UK.
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Doing the right thing approximately not the wrong thing precisely: Challenges of monitoring impacts of pro-poor interventions in tourism value chains
Caroline Ashley and Jonathan MitchellThe IFC, SNV, ODI and other organisations are addressing the challenging question of how to scale up impacts of tourism (and their interventions) on poor people. They are increasingly adopting a 'value chain' (VC) approach, seeking to intervene at key points in the tourism value chain that can significantly expand income and opportunities for the poor, while working effectively within a highly commercial and sophisticated service sector.
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Rastafarian shop in Ethiopia
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Source: FlickrEnhancing private sector and community engagement in tourism services in Ethiopia
This project aims to enhance the linkages between tourism and local communities in Ethiopia by assessing the current links between tourist activity and the poor in the local economy; suggesting a range of interventions that will improve the poverty reducing impact of tourism; and providing suggestions as to how the emerging Ethiopian Sustainable Tourism Development Project can be designed to most effectively support tourism in Ethiopia. The project is funded by the World Bank.
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Creating pro-poor linkages around Rwandan tourism
Caroline Ashley and SNV RwandaThis brief gives an overview of where poor people participate in Rwanda's business tourism and gorilla-viewing tourism.
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Tracing the tourism dollar in Northern Tanzania
This project traces the tourism dollar in the two most important tourism products in Northern Tanzania – mountain climbing on Mount Kilimanjaro and safari game viewing – to understand more clearly who benefits from the large amounts of money tourists are spending in this very poor country.
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The Role of the Tourism Sector in Expanding Economic Opportunity
Caroline Ashley, Peter De Brine, Amy Lehr, and Hannah WildeDrawing on several case studies, this Corporate Social Responsibllity Initiative report looks at what tourism business can do to expand economic opportunity in developing countries.