To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), precisely the one of eradicating extreme poverty at the end of 2030, it is important to understand factors that can reduce poverty. This article examines the effects of tourism development on poverty in Sub-Saharan African countries. Because of...

In recent years, poverty has been growing continuously throughout the parts of the world, most notably in developing countries like the Philippines. The purpose of this study is to assess the contributions of the tourism industry in selected destinations of Ilocos Region to successfully alleviate...

Taking the old revolutionary base areas of four counties in Henan province as the research area, based on the theory of planned behavior (TPB), the theoretical model of residents' willingness to participate in poverty alleviation through tourism was constructed and tested by using structural...

This study sought to identify issues and challenges of pro-poor tourism (PPT) by concentrating on a tourism development program implemented in three selected villages of Shahrud County, Iran. The results indicated that the major proportion of financial and non-financial support in the tourism,...

The research of modern tourism created by Dean MacCannell, which was brought forward due to the attention on the phenomenon of mass tourism, has greatly promoted the development of tourism sociology. Although this paradigm gives full scope to tourism phenomenon and tourism research, it ignores the...

How can ethnic tourism alleviate rural poverty? Due to the difficulty of simultaneously expanding tourism while promoting pro-poor tourism, most villages traverse one of two developmental pathways: (1) ensuring an inclusive structure before expanding, or (2) expanding before building an inclusive...

By using geographic spatial analysis method, correlation analysis method, and spatial analysis tool ArcGIS 10.2, this study explored the spatial distribution characteristics and their formation causes of 280 national pro-poor tourism demonstration projects in China. The results indicated that: (1)...

The development of poverty-stricken areas presents a critical challenge to achieving social sustainability. The emergence of pro-poor tourism provides a promising option for poverty alleviation and is attracting increasing attention. Previous studies have attempted to explore the effectiveness and...

The ability of the poor to participate gainfully in pro-poor tourism (PPT) projects is an important but understudied factor in determining poverty alleviation impact. This study aims to address this knowledge gap by exploring the relationship between participation, income, and livelihood capital at ...

This study explores the phenomenon of transferring knowledge from migrant workers to the impoverished local population in pro-poor tourism. From the perspective of strategic needs in poverty alleviation and rural rejuvenation, pro-poor tourism should speed up the transfer of knowledge and...