Author(s): Coimbra, Maria Inês Xavier
Date: 2012
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/9595
Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
Subject(s): Atauro; Pro poor tourism; Community development; Tourism strategy
Author(s): Coimbra, Maria Inês Xavier
Date: 2012
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10362/9595
Origin: Repositório Institucional da UNL
Subject(s): Atauro; Pro poor tourism; Community development; Tourism strategy
A Work Project, presented as part of the requirements for the Award of a Masters Degree in Management from the NOVA – School of Business and Economics
This work intends to understand to what extend is tourism in Atauro pro poor and what measures can be applied for it to generate higher benefits to local communities. On TVC analysis it is found that tourism on already works in a community-integrated manner and delivers positive impacts, the focus will be on how to enhance tourism. Two focal questions direct this research: How to increase the size and performance of the tourism sector; How to increase the proportion of tourism spending reaching the poor. They are used as support for formulating practical suggestions for tourism enhancement and benefits generation.