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Poverty is not just about people lacking economic resources or material pos-
sessions; rather, poverty is a complex, multi-dimensional concept (Scheyvens,
2011; Chapter 2). A key challenge remaining is to ascertain how tourism can
contribute not just to the economic well-being of the poor, but how it can
address poverty more generally by reducing the vulnerability of the poor,
enhancing their capacity, helping them to gain more control over resources,
empowering them to make well-informed decisions about development
occurring in their localities, and assisting them to claim their rights. In addi-
tion, for pro-poor tourism to be effective strenuous efforts will be needed to
develop the capacity of partner governments to manage tourism programmes
effectively, and also to encourage a wide range of mainstream tourism busi-
nesses to be driven by something beyond the profit motive.

Notes
(1) See http://sd2008.tuitravelplc.com/tui-sd/pages/workstreams/destinations/
destination2 (accessed 30 May 2010).
(2) See www.unwto.org/step/projects/en/projectsCountry.php (accessed 13 June 2010).
(3) See www.tourismconcern.org.uk/index.php ? page = sun-sand-sea-sweatshops.