Tourism and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

Name: Tourism and Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Over the past 20 years, the perception of tourism as an effective contributor to socio-economic development in the developing world has propagated, with many viewing tourism as a provider for poverty alleviation and towards other UN Millennium Development Goals. Over the same period, readers have become familiar with the paradoxes, complexities and inequalities of tourism in relation to development, wealth creation, growth, redistribution, governance and \u2018hosts-guests\u2019 relationships. This volume further extends this critical debate with a much-needed cohesive publication on Sub-Sahara Africa (SSA).In an era of fluctuating tourist arrivals at global level, the growth of tourism in SSA requires deeper consideration in terms of its inconsistent and questionable implications at local level. Taking as a central theme the debate on whether tourism should be used in development efforts, this book examines the way in which tourism has controversially become the way forward to devel?