Pro-Poor Tourism Strategies: Making Tourism Work For The Poor. A review of experience.

By C. Ashley, D. Roe, H. Goodwin. 2001

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Tourism and Poverty Reduction: Issues for Small Island States (2008, background): “PPT does not aim to expand the size of the sector, but to ‘unlock opportunities for the poor within tourism, at all levels and scales of operation’ (Ashley et al. 2001: 13).”
Chronic Poverty and Remote Rural Areas (2002, background): “While remoteness remains an obstacle to the development of tourism, recent research suggests that the poverty impact of pro-poor tourism initiatives may be greater in remote areas with high poverty and few livelihood opportunities, such as agriculturally marginal regions (Ashley et al., 2001).”
Tourism and Poverty Alleviation: An Integrative Research Framework (2007, background): “…variety of ways, for example to seek development funds, campaign for business ethics, amplify the voice of the poor at the policy level, provide free training and guidance, support small/ micro business initiatives and promote a democratic participatory process (Ashley et al., 2001; UNWTO, 2004a).”
Making tourism work for the poor: Strategies and challenges in southern Africa (2002, background): “This article highlights ndings from recent research on pro-poor tourism initiatives in southern Africa and elsewhere (Ashley et al, 2001; Mahony & Van Zyl, 2001; Nicanor, 2001; Poultney & Spenceley, 2001).”
Tourism as a Tool for Poverty Alleviation: A Critical Analysis of ‘Pro-Poor Tourism’ and Implications for Sustainability (2007, background): “Already, many tourist destinations in the South are struggling to retain tourism revenues; the problem of high levels of tourism leakage (i.e. when tourism revenue ‘leaks’ out of host countries) is well documented (Madeley, 1999; Mastny, 2002; UNEP, 2002).”
Tourism, business linkages and small enterprise development in South Africa (2002, background): “…are often either neglected by governments in tourism planning, or viewed as a ‘nuisance’ and subject to of cial harassment, their role is given considerable attention in initiatives for developing a ‘pro-poor’ tourism agenda (Goodwin, 1998, 2000; Ashley et al, 2000, 2001; Shah & Gupta, 2000).”
Growth Versus Equity: The Continuum of Pro-Poor Tourism and Neoliberal Governance (2007, background): “…are prone to failure (in terms of truly fighting poverty) as they are based on the view that tourism is pro-poor ‘as long as poor people reap net benefits [. . . and] even if richer people benefit more than poorer people’ (Ashley et al., 2001: 2), a position supported by the World Bank orthodoxy.”
Supporting innovation for tourism development through multi-stakeholder approaches: Experiences from Africa (2013, background): “PPT promotes integration with all types of tourism as opportunities to maximise economic and social benefits in LEDC destinations (Ashley et al., 2001; Meyer, 2003, 2004, 2010).”
Tourism and poverty reduction: theory and practice in less economically developed countries (2012, unknown): “There is no doubt that many of these studies were inspired by early PPT work (e.g. Ashley et al., 2001), and it is very refreshing to see that discussions have moved on and that approaches and impact analysis tools have considerably changed.”
The impacts of tourism investment on rural communities: Three case studies in South Africa (2002, background): “A recent major study by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) and the Centre for Responsible Tourism (CRT) analysed the extent to which tourism projects impact on the poor (Ashley et al, 2001).”
Nature-Based Tourism and Poverty Alleviation: Impacts of Private Sector and Parastatal Enterprises In and Around Kruger National Park, South Africa (2007, methodology): “At a local level, tourism’s potential to generate net benefits for the poor, or to be ‘pro-poor’, lies in four main areas (Ashley et al., 2001; DFID, 1999): First, tourism is a diverse industry, which increases the scope for wide participation of different stakeholders and businesses, including the ”
A new approach to sustainable tourism development: moving beyond environmental protection. (2003, methodology): “20 The analysis here is based mainly on C. Ashley et al. (2001).”
Lao Tourism and Poverty Alleviation: Community-Based Tourism and the Private Sector (2007, background): “The Pro-poor Tourism Partnership1 defined pro-poor tourism as ‘tourism that generates net benefits for the poor’ (Ashley et al., 2001: 2) and implemented a series of case studies designed to test experimental methods of poverty alleviation by stimulating local involvement, partnerships and…”
Pro-Poor Tourism: From Leakages to Linkages. A Conceptual Framework for Creating Linkages between the Accommodation Sector and ‘Poor’ Neighbouring Communities (2007, background): “…tourism focuses on how tourism affects the livelihoods of the poor and on how positive impacts can be enhanced through pro-poor tourism strategies (e.g. Ashley et al., 2000, 2001; Ashley & Mitchell, 2005; Bah & Goodwin, 2003; DfID, 1999; Goodwin, 2000; Roe & Urquhart, 2001; Shah & Gupta, 2000).”
Information and Empowerment: The Keys to Achieving Sustainable Tourism (2006, background): “Sociocultural issues have thus been given secondary attention (Pearce, 1995), are slipped in (Harrison, 1996), are weak (Ashley et al., 2001), are marginalised (Pearce et al.”