Can tourism help to “end poverty in all its forms everywhere”? The challenge of tourism addressing SDG1

Journal of Sustainable Tourism

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2019, Pages 1061-1079

  Scheyvens, Regina ^a   Hughes, Emma ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

employment; Poverty; pro poor tourism; SDGs; structural change; well being

Indexed keywords

EMPLOYMENT; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; INTERNATIONAL TOURISM; POVERTY; STRUCTURAL CHANGE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM ECONOMICS;

FIJI;

EID: 85059568883     PISSN: 09669582     EISSN: 17477646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09669582.2018.1551404     Document Type: Article

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