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1、TourismGeographiesVol.10,No.1,22–41,February2008TourismandPovertyReduction:IssuesforSmallIslandStatesREGINASCHEYVENS∗&JANETH.MOMSEN∗∗∗SchoolofPeople,EnvironmentandPlanning,MasseyUniversity,PalmerstonNorth,NewZealand∗∗HumanandCommunityDevelopment,UniversityofCalifornia,D
2、avis,USAABSTRACTThenotionthattourismcancontributesignificantlytopovertyreductionstrate-giesisattractinggreatinterestfrommultilateralinstitutions,tourismbodies,donorsandotherorganizationsaroundtheglobe.Tourismiscertainlyamajorcontributortoeconomicdevel-opmentinmanysmallis
3、landdevelopingstates(SIDS)andoftenitistheonlyindustryinthesecountriestoconsistentlydemonstrategrowthinrecentyears.However,thegrowthoftourisminSIDSisbynomeanssynonymouswithpovertyreduction,infact,insomecasesitentrenchesexistinginequalities.Iftourismistocontributesignifica
4、ntlytothereductionofpovertyinSIDS,abroadapproachthatvaluessocialsustainabilityaswellasthemorepopularenvironmen-talsustainabilityandeconomicgrowthwillbenecessary.Inaddition,governmentsneedtoestablishaneffectivepolicyenvironmentandplayastrongerregulatoryroleifsustainable,
5、equity-enhancingtourismistoemerge.Thepapersuggestseffectivewaysinwhichnationalplanningcanbothencourageprivatesectoractorstosupportpovertyreductionandfacili-tatetheinvolvementofwidersectorsofsocietyintourismdevelopment.Itisnotsufficientforgovernmentstosimplypromotetourism
6、developmentinlinewithneoliberalgrowth-orientatedpolicies.KEYWORDS:Povertyalleviation,pro-poortourism,smallislanddevelopingstates(SIDS)IntroductionTourismistheworld’slargestindustryandhasbeenanintegralcomponentofeco-nomicdevelopmentstrategiesindevelopingnationsforoverhal
7、facentury:‘TheDownloadedby[UniversityofLincoln]at13:2323October2013industry’spotentialtogenerateforeignexchangeearnings,attractinternationalin-vestment,increasetaxrevenuesandcreatenewjobshasservedasanincentivefordevelopingcountriestopromotetourismasanengineformacro-econ
8、omicgrowth’(TorresandMomsen2004:294–5).Inmanysmallislanddevelopingstates(SIDS),tourismistheonlysectortohavesee
