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POVERTY ALLEVIATION THROUGH TOURISM DEVELOPMENT A Comprehensive and Integrated Approach © 2016 by Apple Academic Press, Inc. ADVANCES IN HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM BOOK SERIES Editor-in-Chief: Mahmood A. Khan, PhD Professor, Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Pamplin College of Business, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Falls Church, Virginia, USA email: [email protected] BOOKS IN THE SERIES: Food Safety: Researching the Hazard in Hazardous Foods Editors: Barbara Almanza, PhD, RD, and Richard Ghiselli, PhD Strategic Winery Tourism and Management: Building Competitive Winery Tourism and Winery Management Strategy Editor: Kyuho Lee, PhD Sustainability, Social Responsibility and Innovations in the Hospitality Industry Editor: H. G. Parsa, PhD Consulting Editor: Vivaja “Vi” Narapareddy, PhD Associate Editors: SooCheong (Shawn) Jang, PhD, Marival Segarra-Oña, PhD, and Rachel J. C. Chen, PhD, CHE Managing Sustainability in the Hospitality and Tourism Industry: Paradigms and Directions for the Future Editor: Vinnie Jauhari, PhD Management Science in Hospitality and Tourism: Theory, Practice, and Applications Editors: Muzaffer Uysal, PhD, Zvi Schwartz, PhD, and Ercan Sirakaya-Turk, PhD Tourism in Central Asia: Issues and Challenges Editors: Kemal Kantarci, PhD, Muzaffer Uysal, PhD, and Vincent Magnini, PhD Poverty Alleviation through Tourism Development: A Comprehensive and Integrated Approach Robertico Croes, PhD, and Manuel Rivera, PhD Chinese Outbound Tourism 2.0 Editor: Xiang (Robert) Li, PhD © 2016 by Apple Academic Press, Inc. Advances in Hospitality and Tourism POVERTY ALLEVIATION THROUGH TOURISM DEVELOPMENT A Comprehensive and Integrated Approach Robertico Croes, PhD, and Manuel Rivera, PhD © 2016 by Apple Academic Press, Inc. 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ABOUT THE AUTHORS Robertico Croes, PhD Robertico Croes, PhD, currently serves as the Associate Dean, Interim Chair of the Tourism, Events and Attractions Department as well as the Associate Director of the Dick Pope Sr. Institute for Tourism Studies at Rosen College at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida. Dr. Croes has published two recent books, titled The Small Island Paradox: Tourism Specialization as a Potential Solution and Anatomy of Demand in International Tourism. Additionally, he is a contributor to several other volumes. Dr. Croes has lectured and made presentations throughout the world, including Armenia, the Netherlands, Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Aruba, Curacao, the Bahamas, Jamaica, Malta, Ecuador, Barbados, Puerto Rico, and Mexico. His research has also been presented at predominant industry and research conferences around the world. Manuel Rivera, PhD Manuel Rivera, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Rosen College of Hospitality Management at the University of Central Florida in Orlan- do, Florida. Dr. Rivera also serves as the Managing Editor for a tier-one research journal International Journal of Hospitality Management. His empirical contributions include reference to important social issues such as poverty reduction through tourism, income inequality, income distri- bution, economic entrepreneurship opportunities for street vendors, and improving the quality of life for locals residing in tourism destinations in developing countries. He has collaborated with tourism organizations such as the Puerto Rico Convention Bureau, the Puerto Rico Hotel As- sociation, the Cámara de Turismo de Nicaragua, the Consejo Provincial del Guayas in Ecuador, the Curaçao Tourism Bureau, the Aruba Tourism Authority, Coca-Cola’s Latin Center Business Unit, and the Kissimmee CVB, among others, in order to assist in determining how to maximize tourism’s benefits for host destinations. He has instructed many different courses in subject areas pertinent to hospitality and tourism management, © 2016 by Apple Academic Press, Inc. viii About the Authors restaurant management, and event management. Dr. Rivera also has ex- perience working with music festivals in the Caribbean, more specifically the Curacao North Sea Jazz Festival, the Aruba Soul Beach Music Festi- val, and the Aruba Electric Festival. He has 20 years’ experience work- ing in the tourism and hospitality industry and has worked with leading national restaurant brands in the United States. He earned his educational degrees from Penn State University, Florida International University, and the University of Central Florida and also holds several certificates from Cornell University. © 2016 by Apple Academic Press, Inc. CONTENTS List of Abbreviations ......................................................................xi Preface ..........................................................................................xiii Acknowledgement ..........................................................................xxi 1. Faces of the Poor .........................................................................................1 2. The Poverty Obliteration Paradigm (POP) ............................................27 3. The Potential Double Impact of Tourism Development and Poverty Reduction ...................................................................................................55 4. The Power of Tourism in Poverty Alleviation: The Empirical Nexus Tourism, Growth, Inequality and Poverty. .............................................81 5. Tourism and Poverty Intensity ..............................................................109 6. Tourism with a Human Face ..................................................................139 7. Tourism and the Satisfied but Unhappy Poor ......................................167 8. Through the Looking Glass: Tourism Development and the Poverty Paradox ....................................................................................................195 9. A Crazy Enough Idea: A Demand Pull Approach. ...............................221 Index .........................................................................................................241 © 2016 by Apple Academic Press, Inc. © 2016 by Apple Academic Press, Inc.
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