Can Tourism Help Reduce Poverty in Africa?

Authors

Jonathan Mitchell; Caroline Ashley; Laura Jarque; Joanna Elliott; Dilys Roe

Keywords:

sub-Saharan Africa, Poverty, Tourism

Synopsis

This briefing paper argues that the majority of African governments miss out on the potential to link national development strategies with tourism. Many development agencies also have a relationship with tourism, which is often little more than ambivilent. The briefing offers a case in support of the benefits brought though the tourist trade.

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Published

1 March 2006

Online ISSN

0140-8682

Details about this monograph

Publication date (01)

2006

doi

10.61755/XJMW1776