As discussed in Hawkins and Mann (2007), the World Bank dropped its engagement in the tourism sector during the 1980s … after twenty years of financing Bank's tourism projects which included infrastructure for resort sites, lines of credit for … hotels, training, and some investment in hotels and other tourism related projects. At the time, World Bank lending for …

Positive tourism in Africa : resisting Afro-pessimism -- The community-based natural resource management programme in …-based ecotourism at Somkhanda game reserve, South Africa -- Understanding the relationships between protected areas, tourism and … community livelihoods : a systems thinking approach -- How community-based tourism can survive in turbulent environments : the …

the development of sustainable tourism in Shkodra but the development of handicrafts has encountered many problems …

Introduction / Boopen Seetanah -- A Case Study on Impacts of Community Participation in Tourism Planning and … -- History of Tourism Planning and Development in Nepal: Achievements and Challenges to Sustainable Future of Tourism -- Tourism … in Afghanistan -- Planning for Sustainable Tourism Development in Bhutan -- Tourism Policy Planning in Bangladesh …

A collection of essays from scholars evaluating tourism as a means of simulating economic growth and fighting economic … inequalities in poor countries. It takes a look at the successes and failures of tourism in this role, and considers why tourism as … Developed Countries: is Tourism the Best Alternative? -- 2 The Myth of Agency Through Community Participation in Ecotourism -- 3 …