New research to address tourism and poverty reduction
New research has being launched to document what can be learnt from recent pro-poor tourism strategies.
The new collaborative research is between Caroline Ashley (Overseas Development Institute, UK), Harold Goodwin (International Centre for Responsible Tourism, University of Greenwich, UK), Dilys Roe (International Institute for Environment and Development, UK), and other collaborators and will seek to build on last year’s research on pro-poor tourism strategies.
The team is producing 6 new PPT Working Papers by the end of the year, which will document and share new PPT lessons.
The project is also assessing the impact of previous PPT research by following up with the participants in the initial PPT study carried out in 2000. The aim is to assess the value of PPT for the very different tourism projects and research participants. First results already show that one of the main benefits of the PPT research exercise was that it helped to formulate issues and experiences in a more cohesive way, synthesising different experiences, highlighting some new issues, and providing a framework. For more information see: http://www.propoortourism.org.uk
Private sector pilots of pro-poor tourism in Southern Africa
The project, a collaboration between Mboza Tourism Project (Clive Poultney, South Africa) and the Overseas Development Institute (Caroline Ashley) aims at working with private sector operators in Southern Africa at 6 pilot sites .
Specific objectives of the project are:
1. Implementation of improved pro poor practice by businesses at 6 tourism operations – the ‘partner sites’.
2. Creation of networks of operators and government officials interested in stimulating, supporting and implementing PPT strategies across the Southern African region.
3. Analysis, dissemination and adoption of PPT implementation strategies and actions.
For a full summary of the project, please visit the website http://www.pptpilot.org.za
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