Community tourism as instrument of eradication of poverty: potential for its development

Authors

  • Amalia Cristina Casas Jurado University of Granada
  • Amparo Soler Domingo University of Granada
  • Vicente Jaime Pastor University of Granada
Keywords: local development, community-based tourism, rural tourism, sustainable tourism, Cuzco

Abstract

In the last decades the touristic sector has immersed in an intense process of promotion of the participation of the local communities in the developing countries that materialize in initiatives of Community-based Tourism. This essay is going to analyze the important impact of tourism in the regional economy of the region of Cuzco (Perú) that integrates as its main tourist attraction of the region the Sanctuary of Machu Picchu. The region has a series of suitable characteristics for Community-based Tourism initiatives implementation, as low agrarian and industrial level of development, high poverty lines and unemployment.

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Casas Jurado, A. C., Soler Domingo, A., & Jaime Pastor, V. (2012). Community tourism as instrument of eradication of poverty: potential for its development. Cuadernos de Turismo, (30), 91–108. Retrieved from https://revistas.um.es/turismo/article/view/160461
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