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Many communities and development practitioners believe that mainstream tourism exacerbates the exclusion of vulnerable groups and commodifies indigenous culture. Community-based tourism (CBT) was seen as a better alternative. The paper argues that tourism can help reduce poverty in Latin America, but community-based tourism (CBT) is not the answer. Instead, communities should be helped to access mainstream tourism markets. Many development practitioners see a key role for tourism in regional development.

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Can community-based tourism reduce poverty?: ( J. Mitchell;P. Muckosy / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2008); This paper looks at the key issues surrounding community-based tourism in Latin America. The authors argue that tourism can help reduce poverty in Latin America, but community-based tourism (CBT) is n...
How are conservation policies shaped by neoliberalism?: a collection of critical essays: ( J. Igoe;D. Brockington / Conservation and Society , 2008); The growing body of work on the 'neoliberalisation of nature' has paid little attention to conservation policy and its impacts. Similarly, studies of conservation have generally overlooked the broa...
The aviation industry and carbon offsetting: ( H. Reid;D. Roe / International Institute for Environment and Development , 2007); Many air travellers and people working in the travel industry see carbon offsetting as a viable green solution to the problem. But how accurate is that view?

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The impact of ecotourism on indigenous rights: ( Minority Rights Group International , 2007); Ecotourism has been heralded as a means to promote economic development while protecting wildlife regions. However, there has been minimal examination of its effect on indigenous people. This ...
How should hotel industry practices contribute to pro-poor tourism?: ( H. Jauch / National Labour and Economic Development Institute, South Africa , 2007); The potential for tourism as a strategy for poverty-reduction in Africa will not be realised as long as the industry still operates in relative isolation from its host communities. Multinational hotel...
Using value-chain-analysis to map the tourism economy: ( C. Ashley;J. Mitchell / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2007); What volume of tourism benefits reach the poor and how can the access of the poor to the tourism value chain be enhanced? This paper offer new ways to understand and boost revenues from touris...
Can tourism help reduce poverty?: ( J. Mitchell;C. Ashley / Overseas Development Institute, London , 2007); This paper discusses whether tourism is a sensible investment for developing countries. It particularly looks at under what circumstances the sector can deliver a significant impact on the poor.
Presenting the key issues and debates on sustainable tourism: ( M. Gernet / Eldis Corporate Social Responsibility Resource Guide , 2007); Tourism is one of the world’s largest industries and is of particular importance to the economies of many developing countries and emerging markets. As an significant source of foreign exchan...
Making tourism benefit local communities in Brazil: ( B. Slob; J. Wilde / Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations , 2006); How can financial ‘leakages’ from tourism be limited in order to maximise the value for local economic development? This report maps the value chain of tourism in Brazil, and in a case study of Porto ...
Methods of measuring the impact of tourism on development: ( H. Goodwin / University of Surrey , 2006); This paper presents a brief review and critique of current ways of measuring and reporting the economic impacts of tourism on national economies. The paper argues traditional indicators such as intern...