Poverty and Local Linkages in the Tourism Value Chain: A Study of Upland Economies in China and India

20 Pages Posted: 24 Mar 2013

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Dev Nathan

Institute for Human Development

Govind Kelkar

Landesa/Rural Development Institute (India)

Yang Fuquan

Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences

Yu Yin

Independent Researcher

Date Written: March 21, 2013

Abstract

The paper deals with the role of tourism in reducing poverty in upland economies. Taking cases from China and India, it explores the local segments of the tourism value chain, or the local linkages of tourism. In assessing the impact on poverty it looks at both the local share of tourist expenditure and the size of the tourism sector. Local benefits are looked at from the points of view of both women and men as service providers. The paper brings out the important role of tourism as a form of non-farm employment in reducing poverty in upland economies.

Keywords: tourism, local linkages, upland economies, poverty reduction, role of non-farm

Suggested Citation

Nathan, Dev and Kelkar, Govind and Fuquan, Yang and Yin, Yu, Poverty and Local Linkages in the Tourism Value Chain: A Study of Upland Economies in China and India (March 21, 2013). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2237482 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2237482

Dev Nathan (Contact Author)

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Govind Kelkar

Landesa/Rural Development Institute (India) ( email )

New Delhi
India

Yang Fuquan

Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences ( email )

577 Huan Cheng Xi Lu
Kunming, 650034
China

Yu Yin

Independent Researcher ( email )

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