The economic impacts of tourism in Botswana, Namibia and South Africa: Is poverty subsiding?

Natural Resources Forum

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 80-89

  Muchapondwa, Edwin ^a   Stage, Jesper ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Botswana; Multiplier effects; Namibia; Poverty reduction; South Africa; Tourism

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC IMPACT; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; INCOME; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

BOTSWANA; NAMIBIA; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84879134548     PISSN: 01650203     EISSN: 14778947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1477-8947.12007     Document Type: Article

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