These range from practical engagement in a classic winter sun destination of the gambia, and with large corporates in south africa to legislative reform, as in vietnam. The problem of pro poor tourism at home and abroad has provided more theoretical basis and research methods for the study of womens poverty. Finally, in terms of the expansion of service activities, it should be. Saville no 4 practical strategies for pro poor tourism. Tourism requires local labor and thus presents more employment opportunities for even lowskilled people. Pro poor tourism is defined as tourism that generates net benefits for the poor.
Propoor tourism is used to refer to interventions that specifically focus on addressing poverty which move beyond trickledown theory and generates net benefits for the poor. Review of the literature, by dorothea meyer full working paper in pdf. Benefits may be economic, but they may also be social, environmental or cultural. Some parts can also be used for other purposes for advocacy, awarenessraising.
Ppt has been adopted by multilateral institutions, official development agencies, and. June 26, 2017 propoortourism uncategorized comments off on propoor tourism working papers no. The government of ethiopia goe has set in train an initiative to develop the tourism sector in. It enhances the linkages between tourism businesses and poor people, so that tourism s contribution to poverty reduction is.
The fact that twothirds of the people suffering from extreme poverty live in rural areas reinforces the pro poor potential according to the rural poverty report 2011 by the international fund for agricultural development. While the number of people living in extreme poverty has dropped by more than half from 1. Tourism in the philippines to help the poor the borgen project. Apr 08, 20 overall, twothirds of people living in extreme poverty live in rural areas, so these communities will benefit from this pro poor tourism according to the rural poverty report 2011 international fund for agricultural development.
Although tourism has often been connected with poverty under the rubric of propoor tourism ppt, limited research has investigated this from the poors perspective. Propoor tourism initiatives in developing countries. Pdf encyclopedia article find, read and cite all the research you need on researchgate. Propoor tourism development the case of endogenous tourism. Word cloud, cluster, coauthor, coword, and cocitation analyses of 164 articles in the wos and scopus databases. Pro poor tourism ppt is defined as tourism that generates net benefits for the poor. Little is also known of various poverty causes, including poor peoples behaviours in affecting poverty. Nevertheless, specific information about pro poor benefits in marinebased tourism is unclear. On the contrary, most reports have countries tourism is one of the top three.
Although tourism has often been connected with poverty under the rubric of pro poor tourism ppt, limited research has investigated this from the poor s perspective. This article analyses strategies for pro poor tourism ppt, ie strategies that increase the benefits to poor people from tourism development. Theoretical foundations and empirical evidenceon the methodology propoor tourism. Pro poor tourism does not only help to know about an area. Tourism is increasingly being included in national poverty reduction strategies ashley et al. It remains driven by economic, environmental andor cultural perspectives at national and international levels. The study adopted a documentary analysis methodology where it relied on secondary. Case study of pro poor tourism and snv in humla district, west nepal. Pdf propoor tourism as a strategy to fight rural poverty. We know that work is the best route out of poverty. To get rid of poverty, women must focus on sustainable construction, enhance their ability to solve crisis, and realize pro poor tourism. Ethiopia towards a strategy for propoor tourism development. Recent developments in tourism and a vision for an inclusive, pro poor tourism industry are summarized.
Closely related to this, is the pro poor tourism approach. Eradicating poverty in all its forms remains one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. Erdtechnical note series economics and research department no. Propoor tourism at the outset, it is important to define poverty. European journal of tourism hospitality and research vol. The article explores whether ppt as an international trade in services in which. Nepeti nicanor no 5 ucota the uganda community tourism association. Vacationers leave huge sums in shops, hotels, restaurants. Pro poor tourism and sustainable development jakarta. Research patterns of ppt research are identified and visualized.
The research process, informal feedback, and further pro poor tourism ppt work. And it is usually welcomed, because it provides millions of jobs to local people. Endogenous tourism project the endogenous tourism project 3 etp was a joint initiative between the ministry of tourism india and the undp. This article outlines strategies for pro poor tourism development in zimbabwe with the intention of enhancing local economic development in order to attempt to alleviate poverty in poor communities. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. Pro poor interventions in led strategies must seek to enhance opportunities and expand the impact of tourism widely in local communities. Tourism development has not, to date, incorporated poverty elimination objectives. On the other hand, tourism, remains a principal foreign exchange earner for 83 percent of the developing countries pro poor tourism partnership, 2004. Aug 16, 20 the program, dubbed the onestep project, will seek to incorporate propoor aspects in the tourism trade in five pilot areas characterized by high poverty and high tourism. It is a product of collaborative research by the overseas development institute odi, the international institute for environment and development iied, and the centre for responsible tourism crt in conjunction with in.
Propoor tourism is regular tourism except it consciously benefits the poor and helps reduce their poverty. In addition, pro poor tourism should not be viewed as a tourism product, but rather as an approach to tourism development and management through which linkages are developed between tourism businesses and poor people as a way of leveraging and increasi ng the tourism benefits to the poor 34 p. Pro poor tourism uses community empowerment strategy on how the poor can actively involve, but, the benefit will not be given to all level of community, thus, this type of tourism in community empowerment based pro poor tourism. Inclusive growth and pro poor growth are terms embraced but not fully understood in the tourism community. These five areas are chosen from the 78 tourism development areas designated by the department of tourism. Natural resources and pro poor growth will be of interest to a wide audience and is specifically tailored for policy makers and economic decision makers, from development cooperation agencies to ministries of finance and planning in partner countries. Poverty, propoor growth propoor tourism and international agencies 2326. Saville no 4 practical strategies for propoor tourism. They were written by caroline ashley, dorothea meyer, dilys roe and harold goodwin, and draw on a number of ppt. In addition, tourism taxes or spinoffs might be used to improve local schools, health facilities or community development projects. The scheme commenced in 2003 and involved the selection of 36 rural sites to be used as rural destination development pilot projects. Tourism is also growing rapidly in developing countries, and increase foreign earnings from tourism leapt from. The rise of new propoor tourism development strategies explicitly seeks to maximize tourism benefits to the poor while simultaneously reducing its negative impacts.
The study concludes by cautioning that whilst pro poor tourism may yield short and mediumterm benefits, in keeping with sustainability objectives, participants in the programme need to be mindful of forestry encroachment and come up with strategies to ensure the sustainability of the botswana forest reserves. The tourism industry sectors and elements provide in figure 1. Pro poor tourism is used to refer to interventions that specifically focus on addressing poverty which move beyond trickledown theory and generates net benefits for the poor. Pro poor tourism as an approach towards community development 91 reflected through the palace, temples etc. Tourism is labour intensive and presents employment opportunities for even lowskilled people.
The potential contribution of tourism to the wellbeing of rural communities in developing countries involves the agricultural. Toward propoor local economic development in zimbabwe. Pro poor tourism practical strategies forpropoor tourism. Pro poor tourism may also assist to have good relationships between the host country and the visitor. Tourism has been viewed as a powerful tool for developing countries to trade their way out of poverty as these benefits are said to trickle down to the more peripheral regions, disadvantageous communities and the poor 1, 2. Review of the impacts of previous propoor tourism research. Economic analysis of tourism projects tun lin and franklin d. Overall, twothirds of people living in extreme poverty live in rural areas, so these communities will benefit from this pro poor tourism according to the rural poverty report 2011 international fund for agricultural development. A critical analysis of propoor tourism and implications for sustainability.
These moments of the vigorous past carry and tell the story of their inception, beauty, grace, love, passion, art and architecture. Advantages and disadvantages of tourism lorecentral. Propoor tourism, climate change and sustainable development. Original articles propoor tourism, climate change and sustainable development paul peeters centre for sustainable tourism and transport, nhtv breda university for applied sciences, p. In some countries of the caribbean sea, the income from tourists is up to 20% of the countrys economy. From a policy standpoint, an implication might be that poverty reduction requires. However, community based tourism is not pro poor tourism. The ones marked may be different from the article in the profile. United nations economic commission for africa, 2008, p. The book uses case studies to paint a picture of the prevailing conditions in ldcs and how some countries are trying. A perception on pro poor tourism special reference with. Pro poor tourism ppt is a development methodology that aims to use tourism as a tool for poverty reduction. The united nations sustainable development goal 8 2030 explicitly encourages all countries to focus on economic growth and employment of their citizens. Pro poor tourism ppt is tourism that results in increased net benefits for poor people.
Current discourse surrounding propoor tourism, a term emerging out of the writing of uk researchers in the late 1990s, suggests that tourism can effectively work as a tool to alleviate poverty. Strategies for making tourism pro poor focus specifically on unlocking. Expanding opportunities reducing poverty in developing countries through tourism by fabrice leclercq, senior trade promotion adivser, and anne e. A threedimensional ppt framework is developed to structure future research.
Somparat srisantisuk department of social policy london. More specifically in relation to the wto article 2 contribute to. The discourse on this matter results as the consequence against the difficult background that there are several ways of reducing poverty and that there no fixed rules and common definitions about how tourism and different tourism types can generate benefits to the poor. Case studies of makuleke and manyeleti tourism initiatives. However, challenges, specifically in relation to policies, poor infrastructure, inadequate information and signage, language differences and lack of awareness and marketing hinder the growth of cross border tourism in the region, therefore defeating the goals of regional tourism organisation of southern africa retosa. Pro poor tourism ppt is not a specific tourism product or sector, it is an overall approach designed to unlock opportunities for the poor. Benefits may be economic, but they may also be social, environment or cultural. Given the massive impact that tourism has on many of the worlds poor, how and how far pro poor tourism can be promoted needs to. The central sections discuss the issues in detail including the industrys links with other sectors.
The tourism industry, in common with many other industries, is made up of a number of sectors. Experiences in local economic development led investigation of pro poor led in south africa, 2005. The aim of the research is to project development models of entrepreneurship based on pro poor tourism in the rural environments in serbia. The case studies used a common methodology developed within this project. Pro poor tourism may benefit the poor in many parts of the world.
The concept of cbtis is only similar to the concepts of. Research on the inhibitory mechanism of young womens. It argues that tourism growth is necessary but insufficient by itself to alleviate poverty. Fundamentally, the new propoor tourism development strategies explicitly seek to maximize tourism benefits to the poor while simultaneously reducing their negative impacts. Dilys roe iied, uk and penny urquhart khanya, south africa. Is inclusive growth simply another term for pro poor in tourism. South asian journal of tourism and heritage 2010, vol. The government of ethiopia goe has set in train an initiative to develop the tourism sector in ethiopia. Asias experience strongly suggests that rapid and sustained economic growth leads to significant poverty reduction.
Andrew holdens book titled tourism, poverty and development 1 gives a solid introduction of how a pro poor tourism agenda can be used to alleviate poverty and propel development in least developing countries ldcs. Pro poor tourism is not a specific product or sector of tourism, but an approach to the industry. This seems consistent with the analysis of global crossnational data showing that the incomes of the poor move proportionately oneforone with overall average incomes dollar and kraay 2001. Making tourism work for the poor by caroline ashley, dilys roe and harold goodwin april 2001. In addition, pro poor tourism should not be viewed as a tourism product, but rather as an approach to tourism development and management through which linkages are developed between tourism businesses and poor people as a way of leveraging and increasing the tourism benefits to the poor p.
This was the first time that tourism initiatives had been assessed from an explicitly pro poor perspective. The subject of the research in this paper is the development of entrepreneurship based on pro poor tourism principles in rural destinations. Jun 26, 2017 no 9 strengths and weaknesses of a propoor tourism approach, results of a survey to followup propoor tourism research carried out in 20002001, by dorothea meyer summary of working paper 9 full working paper in pdf february 2003. Propoor tourism ppt is not a specific tourism product or sector, it is an overall approach designed to unlock opportunities for the poor. Case study of propoor tourism and snv in humla district, west nepal. Ppt is not a specific product or niche sector but an approach to tourism development and management.
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