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CONTRIBUTION OF TOURISM TO POVERTY ALLEVIATION
PRO-POOR TOURISM AND THE CHALLENGE OF MEASURING
IMPACTS
Walter Jamieson, Harold Goodwin and Christopher Edmunds
For Transport Policy and Tourism Section
Transport and Tourism Division
UN ESCAP
November 2004
PREFACE
This paper has been prepared by Dr. Walter Jamieson of the Travel Industry
Management School at the University of Hawaii and Dr. Harold Goodwin of the
International Centre for Responsible Tourism at the University of Greenwich with the collaboration of Dr. Christopher Edmunds of the East West Center in Hawaii.
The paper builds on previous ESCAP work namely the “Seminar on Tourism and
Poverty Reduction” held in Bangkok (2001), a monograph, Poverty Alleviation through Sustainable Tourism Development, New York: United Nations Economic and
Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (2003), “The Challenges of Urban
Tourism and Poverty Reduction, Regional Workshop on Urban Tourism and Poverty
Reduction” held in Colombo, Sri Lanka (2002) and the Seminar on Poverty
Alleviation through Sustainable Tourism Development, held in Katmandu, Nepal
(2003). One of the recommendations emanating from the Katmandu seminar was to carry out more research on measuring impacts and to convene an experts' seminar to develop and agree on a regional approach to measuring tourism impacts.
The paper builds on the work of several groups and individuals and acknowledges the important contributions of the Pro-Poor Tourism Partnership composed of Caroline
Ashley, Harold Goodwin and Dilys Roe. It also draws heavily on the research and community based technical aid work of the Urban Environmental Management
Project led by Walter Jamieson that was based at the Asian Institute of Technology from August 1998 – August 2003. Portions of the paper were presented at the Expert
Group Meeting on Measuring and Assessing the Impact of Tourism Initiatives on
Poverty Alleviation held in Bangkok from October 4-5, 2004 and has been amended to reflect
PRO-POOR TOURISM AND THE CHALLENGE OF MEASURING
IMPACTS
Walter Jamieson, Harold Goodwin and Christopher Edmunds
For Transport Policy and Tourism Section
Transport and Tourism Division
UN ESCAP
November 2004
PREFACE
This paper has been prepared by Dr. Walter Jamieson of the Travel Industry
Management School at the University of Hawaii and Dr. Harold Goodwin of the
International Centre for Responsible Tourism at the University of Greenwich with the collaboration of Dr. Christopher Edmunds of the East West Center in Hawaii.
The paper builds on previous ESCAP work namely the “Seminar on Tourism and
Poverty Reduction” held in Bangkok (2001), a monograph, Poverty Alleviation through Sustainable Tourism Development, New York: United Nations Economic and
Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (2003), “The Challenges of Urban
Tourism and Poverty Reduction, Regional Workshop on Urban Tourism and Poverty
Reduction” held in Colombo, Sri Lanka (2002) and the Seminar on Poverty
Alleviation through Sustainable Tourism Development, held in Katmandu, Nepal
(2003). One of the recommendations emanating from the Katmandu seminar was to carry out more research on measuring impacts and to convene an experts' seminar to develop and agree on a regional approach to measuring tourism impacts.
The paper builds on the work of several groups and individuals and acknowledges the important contributions of the Pro-Poor Tourism Partnership composed of Caroline
Ashley, Harold Goodwin and Dilys Roe. It also draws heavily on the research and community based technical aid work of the Urban Environmental Management
Project led by Walter Jamieson that was based at the Asian Institute of Technology from August 1998 – August 2003. Portions of the paper were presented at the Expert
Group Meeting on Measuring and Assessing the Impact of Tourism Initiatives on
Poverty Alleviation held in Bangkok from October 4-5, 2004 and has been amended to reflect