Risk, Vulnerability and Tourism in Developing Countries: The Case of Nepal (Bochum Studies in International Development, Band 56) - Softcover

Shakya, Martina

 
9783832522759: Risk, Vulnerability and Tourism in Developing Countries: The Case of Nepal (Bochum Studies in International Development, Band 56)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3832522751 ISBN 13: 9783832522759
Verlag: Logos Berlin, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

This book explores the ambivalent relationship of poverty, risk and vulnerability, by examining impacts of tourism in rural communities of Nepal both theoretically and empirically. Due to concerns about risk, the international aid community has been reluctant to promote tourism as a development option for poor societies. Based on a national vulnerability profile, household survey data and village case studies, this book emphasizes instead the local development opportunities that also arise from tourism. Risk and insecurity are found to be notorious in rural societies even under "normal conditions". The empirical evidence suggests that tourism can reduce the likelihood to fall into or to remain in poverty, as tourism notably increases the risk management and coping capacity of rural households. Martina Shakya is a human geographer and research fellow at the Institute of Development Research and Development Policy (IEE) of the Ruhr University Bochum. Before joining the IEE in 2004, she spent several years in Southern Africa and in Nepal working as an advisor for tourism and regional development.

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Verlag
Logos Berlin
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
3832522751
ISBN 13 
9783832522759
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
510
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