Harnessing tourism as a means of poverty alleviation: Using the right language or achieving outcomes?

Tourism Recreation Research

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 49-58

  Rossetto, Allison ^a   Li, Sarah ^b   Sofield, Trevor ^c  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Poverty alleviation; Pro poor tourism; Sustainable tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979916857     PISSN: 02508281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02508281.2007.11081523     Document Type: Article

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