How sustainable tourism eliminate poverty

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2. TOPIC FOR
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3. Sustainable
Tourism
Eliminating
Poverty
(STEP)
PREPARED
BY:Augustine
Oti
Yeboah

4. BRUNTLAND REPORT
(1987)
“sustainability - meeting the
needs of the present
generation without
compromising the ability of
future generations to meet
their own needs”

5. Tourism
The temporary movement of people to
place outside their usual place of
residence, the activities they undertake
during their stay and the facilities created
to cater for their needs.
“Mathieson and Wall (1982).”

6. Eliminate
To completely destroy something so that it
no longer exist.
“the English dictionary ”

7. CONCEPT OF POVERTY
…
there is no
single best m
easure of poverty
Poverty M
anual, All, JH
Revision of August 8,
2005

8. “It is the insufficient supply of those things
which are requisite for an individual to
maintain himself and those dependent upon
him in health and vigour.”
- J. G. Goddard
POVERTY

9. Poverty Fact Sheet
 1.2 billion people live on less than U.S. $1 dollar a day.
 Women represent the large majority of the worlds poorest .
70% of the people living in poverty worldwide are female.
 Over 9 million people die worldwide each year because of
hunger.
(source-UN & WHO)

10. Sustainable Tourism

11. 3 Fundamental Components
according to WTO:
Make optimal use of environmental
resources (Environmental Protection)
Ensure viable, long term economic
operations, providing economic
benefits to all stakeholders
(Economic Growth)
Respect the socio-cultural authenticity
of host communities
(Social Equity)

12. HOW CAN SUSTAINABLE
TOURISM ELIMINATE
POVERTY

13. Mainstreaming: Ensuring that sustainable tourism
development is included in general poverty elimination
programs. And, conversely, including poverty elimination
measures within overall strategies for the sustainable
development of tourism.
Partnership: Developing partnerships between public and
private sector bodies, with a common aim of poverty
alleviation.
Integration: Adopting an integrated approach with other
sectors and avoiding over-dependence on tourism.

14. Equitable distribution: Ensuring that tourism
development strategies focus on achieving a more
equitable distribution of wealth and services –
growth alone is not enough.
Acting locally: Focusing action at a local destination
level, within the context of supportive national
policies.

15. Human rights: Removing all forms of
discrimination against people working, or seeking
to work, in tourism and eliminating any exploitation,
particularly against women and children.
Monitoring: Developing simple indicators and
systems to measure the impact of tourism on
poverty.

16. CONCLUSION

17. When all the steps mention
above is carefully followed
poverty can be eliminated
through sustainable tourism.

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