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How Tourism Can (and Does) Benefit the Poor and the Environment - A Case Study from Panama

Tourism is one of Latin America's fastest growing industries, outranking remittances and even drugs in many countries as a source of foreign exchange. But the impact of tourism on the poor and on the environment remains under debate. Certainly...

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Main Authors:	Klytchnikova, Irina I., Dorosh, Paul A.
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	ADVENTURE TOURISM AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS APPROPRIATE STRATEGIES COASTAL TOURISM CONSUMER SPENDING CONTACT WITH TOURISTS CRUISE CRUISE SHIP CULTURAL HERITAGE DISTRIBUTIONAL EFFECTS ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF TOURISM ECONOMIC IMPACTS OF TOURISM DEVELOPMENT ECOTOURISM EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE AREAS FOOD PRODUCTS FOREIGN TOURISTS HANDICRAFTS HIGH INEQUALITY HOTEL HOTEL OPERATORS HOTELS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD SURVEY IMPACT OF TOURISM IMPACTS OF TOURISM INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GAINS INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS LOCAL FOOD MASTER PLAN MESOAMERICAN BIOLOGICAL CORRIDOR MINING NATURAL HABITATS POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY LEVELS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION PROTECTED AREAS REAL ESTATE RECREATION RESORTS RESPONSIBLE TOURISM RESTAURANTS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL POOR SERVICE SECTOR SOCIAL IMPACTS SUSTAINABILITY SUSTAINABLE TOURISM TEXTILES TOUR TOUR OPERATORS TOURISM TOURISM DEVELOPMENT TOURISM ECONOMY TOURISM ENTERPRISE TOURISM INDUSTRY TOURISM REVENUES TOURISM SECTOR TOURIST TOURIST DESTINATIONS TOURISTS UNCONTROLLED TOURISM DEVELOPMENT VISITORS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/08/11473007/tourism-can-benefit-poor-environment-case-study-panama http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10237