Does tourism contribute to local livelihoods? : a case study of tourism, poverty and conservation in the Indian Sundarbans

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dc.contributor.authorGuha, Indrila
dc.contributor.authorGhosh, Santadas
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-25T20:47:15Z
dc.date.available2009-06-25T20:47:15Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractThis study examines the contribution of tourism towards improving the livelihoods of local people in a remote island village of the Indian Sundarbans. The Sundarban Tiger Reserve is a major tourism destination and a small number of local people participate in the tourism sector as vendors, boatmen and guides. No village household subsists entirely on tourism-based income since such jobs are seasonal. A majority of the local service providers operate with very little or no capital investment. Yet households participating in tourism-related activity are better off than those who do not. Tourism participants spend 19% more on food and 38% more on non-food items relative to other villagers. Earnings from tourism appear to at least partially finance year-long consumption. Tourism may also have a conservation effect in that the proportion of forestdependent households is significantly lower among tourism dependent households. There is, however, little evidence of any percolation of tourism-related income to non-participating households through intra-village transactions. The study proposes a carefully crafted policy for promoting nature-based tourism with more room for local participation.en
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dc.format.extent47 p. : ill.en
dc.identifier.isbn978-9937-8015-2-2
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10625/38904
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherSANDEE, Kathmandu, NPen
dc.relation.ispartofSANDEE working paper / South Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics; no. 26-07en
dc.subjectPRO-POOR TOURISMen
dc.subjectLOCAL STAKEHOLDERSen
dc.subjectLIVELIHOOD OPPORTUNITIESen
dc.subjectINCOME GENERATIONen
dc.subjectPER CAPITA EXPENDITUREen
dc.subjectPOVERTY ALLEVIATIONen
dc.subjectFOREST CONSERVATIONen
dc.subjectSUNDERBANen
dc.subjectINDIAen
dc.titleDoes tourism contribute to local livelihoods? : a case study of tourism, poverty and conservation in the Indian Sundarbansen
dc.typeWorking Paperen
idrc.copyright.holderSouth Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE)
idrc.copyright.oapermissionsourceOA Permission Licenseen
idrc.copyright.oareleasedocrecordsserverdocnumber250517
idrc.dspace.accessOpen Accessen
idrc.project.number102580
idrc.project.titleSouth Asian Network for Development and Environmental Economics (SANDEE)en
idrc.rims.adhocgroupIDRC SUPPORTEDen

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