ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT

AND POVERTY ALLEVIATION

THROUGH TOURISM
NAME: RINKAL PATEL
COURSE: BBA HONS
ROLL NO:1130
DIV:B
ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM

❑ TOURISM IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT

ASPECT OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
❑ BOTH DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL
TOURISM MUST BE CONSIDERED TO EVALUATE
THE IMPACT OF TOURISM ON THE ECONOMY.
❑ TO THE HOST THE REGION/AREA TRAVEL
PROVIDES A BASIS FOR DEVELOPING TOURISM
AS AN EXPORT INDUSTRY,WHICH MEANS THE
LEVEL OF ECONOMIC ACTIVTIES OF THE AREA
SHALL INCREASE.
 TOURISM ECONOMIC IMPACT

CHANGE IN SALES,INCOME AND JOBS BECAUSE TOURIST CAME TO

COMMUNITY AND SPENT MONEY THERE.
ECONOMIC DEPENDENCE ON TOURISM

❖ MANY COUNTRES HAVE EIMBRACED TOURISM AS THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT WAY TO BOOST THEIR
ECONOMY
❖ THIS HAS MADE THEM VERY VULNERABLE TO ANYTHING THAT NEGATIVELY AFFECTS THE LOCAL
TOURISM INDUSTRY[ EG. TERRORIST SCARES,MILITARY CONFLICTS,IMPACTS OF NATURAL
DISASTER]HAVE DEVASTATING EFFECT ON OVERALL ECONOMIC CLIMATE.
❖ THE TURKIST ECONOMY FOR EG HAS SUFFERED A LOT BECAUSE OF THE WAR IN IRAQ AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE 21ST CENTURY.
 WHAT IS POVERTY?

➢ POVERTY ALLEVIATION MEANS TO REDUCE THE POVERTY FROM

URBAN AREAS AND RURAL AREAS THROUGH EMPLOYMENT
➢ POVERTY REDUCTION IS OFTEN USED AS A SHORT HAND FOR
PROMOTING ECONOMIC GROWTH THAT WILL PERMANENTLY LIFT
MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE OVER THE POVERTY LINE BUT THERE ARE
MANY DIFFERENT OBJECTIVES THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH POVERTY
REDUCTION AND WE HAVE TO MAKE CHOICES BETWEEN THEM.
▪ TOURISM IN INDIA HAS EMERGED AS AN INSTRUMENT OF
INCOME AND EMPLOYMNT GENERATION,POVERTY ALLEVIATION
AND SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT.
▪ IT CONTRIBUTES 6.23% TO THE NATIONAL GDP AND 8.7% OF THE
TOTAL EMPLOYMENT IN INDIA.
▪ 20 MILLION PEOPLE ARE NOW WORKING IN THE TOURISM
INDUSTRY OF INDIA.
• TOURISM SHOULD NOT BE SEEN ON ITS OWN AS ‘THE ANSWER’ TO THE
ELIMINATION OF POVERTY BUT IT CAN MAKE A POWERFUL CONTRIBUTION. THE
POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP MORE TOURISM AND TO CHANEL A HIGHER PERCENTAGE
OF TOURISM SPENDING TOWARDS THE POOR MAY BE GREAT IN SOME AREAS AND
QUITE SMAL IN OTHERS.HOWEVER,GIVEN THE SIZE OF THE SECTOR,EVEN SMALL
CHANGES IN APROACH WHEN WIDELY APPLIED CAN MAKE A SIGNIFICANT
DIFFERENCE.
“TOURISM IS THE ENGINE THAT
DRIVES THE ECONOMY OF THE
STATE”
THANKYOU