Tourism and poverty reduction: Issues for small island states

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-41

  Scheyvens, Regina ^a   Momsen, Janet H ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Poverty alleviation; Pro poor tourism; Small island developing states (SIDS)

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC GROWTH; NEOLIBERALISM; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SMALL ISLAND STATE; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

EID: 38649137289     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616680701825115     Document Type: Article

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