This book takes an in-depth look at the successes and failures of tourism a means of simulating economic growth and fighting economic inequalities in poor countries, and considers why tourism as a catalyst for economic development can be a controversial device.

Contributions by: Jeroen Nawijn, Jim Butcher, Henryk Handszuh, Herald Friedl, Anna Dzulewska, Valerio Simoni, Omar Moufakkir, Genoveva Millan Vasquez dela Torre, Chiara Cipollari, Antonio Miguel Nogues-Pedregal, Kathleen Baker, Katy Megarry, Corinne Flacke-Neudorfer, Gandhi Gonzales-Guerrero, Stroma Cole, Wael Salah Fahmi