The paper deals with the role of tourism in reducing poverty in upland economies. Taking cases from China and India, it … explores the local segments of the tourism value chain, or the local linkages of tourism. In assessing the impact on poverty it … looks at both the local share of tourist expenditure and the size of the tourism sector. Local benefits are looked at from …

Tourism continues to be a major activity in India, which inevitably produces economic, political, social, cultural and … ecological consequences. In India, Tourism has created employment opportunities for airline executives, hotel sales managers … prospects and challenges of ‘pro-poor tourism strategies' and its significance in poverty reduction by generating employment in …

alleviate poverty. India is a country with diverse untapped tourism resources and also, a country that has suffered from … persistent poverty. Hence, the tourism sector can act as a panacea to poverty, especially in a developing country like India. In … concludes that despite the massive potential of pro-poor tourism initiatives, the power of tourism to alleviate poverty in India …