Pro-poor tourism: From leakages to linkages. A conceptual framework for creating linkages between the accomodation sector and 'poor' neighbouring communities

Current Issues in Tourism

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 558-583

  Meyer, Dorothea ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accommodation sector; Leakages; Linkages; Pro poor tourism

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DEVELOPING WORLD; ECONOMIC IMPACT; MACROECONOMICS; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS; TOURISM MANAGEMENT; TOURISM MARKET;

EID: 39149103782     PISSN: 13683500     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2167/cit313.0     Document Type: Article

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