1st Edition
Tourism and the Millennium Development Goals Tourism, Local Communities and Development
1. Introduction: Tourism and UN Millennium Development Goals Jarkko Saarinen, University of Oulu, Finland and University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Chris Rogerson, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Haretsebe Manwa, North-West University, South Africa
2. The UN Millennium Development Goals, tourism and development: the tour operators' perspective Marina Novelli and Alexander Hellwig, University of Brighton, UK
3. The Grootberg lodge partnership in Namibia: towards poverty alleviation and empowerment for long-term sustainability? Renaud Lapeyre, University of Witwaterstrand, South Africa
4. Tourism and development challenges in the least developed countries: the case of The Gambia Richard Sharpley, University of Central Lancashire, UK
5. Promoting gender equality and empowering women? Tourism and the third Millennium Development Goal Lucy Ferguson, University of Sheffield, UK
6. The Tourists of development tourism - representations "from below" João Afonso Baptista, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
7. Can community-based tourism contribute to development? Lessons from Nicaragua Marie Jose Zapata, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, C. Michael Hall, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, Patricia Lindo and Mieke Vandescaeghe
8. Pro-Poor Tourism: From Leakages to Linkages. A Conceptual Framework for Creating Linkages between the Accommodation Sector and ‘Poor’ Neighbouring Communities Dorothea Meyer, Sheffield Hallam University, UK
9. Tourism Chains Pro-poor Tourism development: An Actor-Network Analysis of a Pilot Project in Costa Rica V.R. Van Der Duim and J. Caalders, Wageningen University, The Netherlands
10. The effects of tourism development on the sustainable utilisation of natural resources in the Okavango Delta, Botswana Joseph Mbaiwa, University of Botswana, Botswana
11. Balancing people and park: towards a symbiotic relationship between Cape Town and Table Mountain National Park Sanette Lacea Ferreira, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
12. Can ecotourism contribute to tackling poverty? The importance of ‘symbiosis’ Jim Butcher, Canterbury Christ Chuch University, UK
13. Conclusions Jarkko Saarinen, University of Oulu, Finland and University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Chris Rogerson, University of Johannesburg, South Africa and Haretsebe Manwa, North-West University, South Africa
Biography
Jarkko Saarinen is Professor of Human Geography at the University of Oulu, Finland and Research Affiliate at the School of Tourism and Hospitality, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Chris Rogerson is Professor, School of Tourism & Hospitality, Faculty of Management, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Haretsebe Manwa is Associate Professor of Tourism in the School of Human and Social Sciences at the North-West University, South Africa.
