If tourism is to contribute to the reduction of poverty and create employment, tourists also need to be attracted to smaller towns and rural areas. Development of rural tourism routes are often supply-side driven and the ...
McLaren, Linde; Heath, Ernest Thomas(African Consortium of Public Administration, 2012-06)
Rural tourism routes have the potential to contribute to poverty alleviation by
channelling tourism to poor rural areas. Although tourism is essentially a private
sector economic activity, the public sector is a key ...
McLaren, Linde; Heath, Eric Ernie(Unisa Press, 2013)
Several southern African governments view rural tourism development as a strategy
for employment creation in rural areas where few other opportunities for poverty
alleviation exist. Rural tourism routes can attract ...
