Tourism Development: Growths, Myths and Inequalities

by Peter M. Burns

Book Overview

This book is a 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845934253
• ISBN13: 9781845934255
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Cabi
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.8" x 9.7"