Abstract
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) highlight the alleviation of multi-dimensional poverty in the global development agenda. Yet, for nearly two decades, the link between tourism and poverty alleviation has mainly been framed around the pro-poor tourism (PPT) approach, which aims to increase
‘net’ tourism benefits to the economically poor population. While the narrow focus on income-based poverty in PPT has received much criticism, alternative frameworks for research and practice that are capable of lifting the tourism-poverty link beyond the orthodox economic-centred approach have not received sufficient attention. In response, this chapter presents a conceptual framework amalgamated poverty alleviation and development-tourism genera, and the three key underpinning theoretical concepts of global citizenship, sustainable livelihoods, and social entrepreneurship. This framework facilitates a more comprehensive understanding of the development-tourism-poverty alleviation nexus, and offers new pathways to enhance tourism’s contribution to Goal 1 of the SDGs
‘net’ tourism benefits to the economically poor population. While the narrow focus on income-based poverty in PPT has received much criticism, alternative frameworks for research and practice that are capable of lifting the tourism-poverty link beyond the orthodox economic-centred approach have not received sufficient attention. In response, this chapter presents a conceptual framework amalgamated poverty alleviation and development-tourism genera, and the three key underpinning theoretical concepts of global citizenship, sustainable livelihoods, and social entrepreneurship. This framework facilitates a more comprehensive understanding of the development-tourism-poverty alleviation nexus, and offers new pathways to enhance tourism’s contribution to Goal 1 of the SDGs
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Handbook of Research on Role of Tourism in Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals |
| Editors | Filipa Brandão , Zélia Breda, Rui Costa, Carlos Costa |
| Publisher | IGI global |
| Publication date | Sept 2020 |
| Pages | 20-41 |
| Chapter | 2 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781799856917 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781799856931, 9781799856924 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Sept 2020 |
Keywords
- Poverty
- Sustainable Development
- Education
- Production Patterns