Answer:

A

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Answer:

25. A

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Natural Resource perspectives Number 51, March 2000 This series is published by ODI, an independent non-profit policy research institute, with financial support from the Department for International Development (formerly the Overseas Development Administration). Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect the views of either ODI or DFID. DFID Department for International Development Introduction: Putting poverty at the heart of the tourism agenda Lack of focus on poverty within the tourism agenda The International Development Target of halving the proportion of people living in extreme

poverty by 2015 has been widely adopted. A number of prominent development agencies, including the UK's Department for International Development (DFID), are developing sustainable livelihoods approaches in response to these targets. In the tourism sector, national governments and donors have generally aimed to promote private sector investment, macro-economic growth and foreign exchange earnings, without specifically taking the needs and opportunities of the poor into account in tourism development (i.e. what we term here 'pro-poor tourism'). Donor-supported tourism master plans focus on creating

infrastructure, stimulating private investment and attracting international tourists. Investors are often international companies and local élites, whose profits are generally repatriated abroad or to metropolitan centres. Links with the local economy are often weak, with the possible exception of employment. Since the mid-1980s, interest in 'green' tourism, eco-tourism and community tourism has grown rapidly among decisionmakers, practitioners and advocates. All of these focus on the need to ensure that tourism does not erode the environmental and cultural base on which it depends.