Tourism and Poverty Alleviation: An Integrative Research Framework

By W. Zhao. 2007

339 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Demography, Sociology and Political Science

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In Demography

1. D. Meyer
2. A. Spenceley
3. O. Folarin
4. O. Adeniyi
5. Emma Hughes
6. R. Scheyvens
7. João Romão
8. M. Russell

In Sociology and Political Science

1. D. Meyer
2. A. Spenceley
3. Emma Hughes
4. M. Russell
5. R. Scheyvens
6. O. Folarin
7. O. Adeniyi
8. João Romão

Citations in the corpus

• Tourism and poverty reduction: theory and practice in less economically developed countries (2012, background): “Much of the work focused on grassroots development, empowerment and CBT (Cole, 2006; Sofield, 2003; Timothy, 2007; Zhao & Ritchie, 2007).”
• Tourism and poverty alleviation in Fiji: comparing the impacts of small- and large-scale tourism enterprises (2012, background): “However, despite a growing consensus around the potential for poverty reduction through tourism, the actual relationship between the two “largely remains terra incognita for tourism academics” (Zhao & Ritchie, 2007 , p.”
• Tourism and Development in Developing Economies: A Policy Implication Perspective (2020, background): “Tourism is considered an essential tool for developing economies, noticeably in generating foreign exchange, attracting international investment, increasing tax revenue, and providing job opportunities [7].”
• Does Tourism Reduce Poverty in Sub-Saharan African Countries? (2020, result): “…proposition, that growth in export (tourism) spurs economic growth (Brida, Cortes-Jimenez, and Paulina 2016), studies on the effects of tourism on the poor are scant compared to those gauging impacts on economic growth (Scheyvens 2008; Zhao and Ritchie 2007; Winters, Corral, and Mora 2013).”
• Can tourism help to “end poverty in all its forms everywhere”? The challenge of tourism addressing SDG1 (2019, background): “The poorest of the poor is often excluded from accessing tourism opportunities, for example the ability to access work opportunities or establish a business (Zhao & Ritchie, 2007).”
• Territorial capital, smart tourism specialization and sustainable regional development: experiences from Europe. (2017, background): “Regarding the social dimension of sustainable development, the potential contributions of tourism for poverty alleviation in less developed countries or regions have been broadly studied, as observed by Zhao and Ritchie (2007), who provide an integrated view of this question.”