2014
DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2014.v5n16p153
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Informal Sector Business Tourism and Pro-poor Tourism: Africa’s Migrant Entrepreneurs

Abstract: Debates about tourism and poverty and around 'pro-poor tourism' are

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“…The Northern definition of business tourism excludes a vast array of informal sector business travel and tourists -international and domestic -who constitute a critical and unrecognised element of Africa's business tourism landscape (Gladstone, 2005;Rogerson and Letsie, 2013;Rogerson, 2014a;2014b). The prime drivers of informal sector business tourism are communities of migrant entrepreneurs or cross-border traders who are a widespread element of trade and commerce in Africa.…”
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“…The Northern definition of business tourism excludes a vast array of informal sector business travel and tourists -international and domestic -who constitute a critical and unrecognised element of Africa's business tourism landscape (Gladstone, 2005;Rogerson and Letsie, 2013;Rogerson, 2014a;2014b). The prime drivers of informal sector business tourism are communities of migrant entrepreneurs or cross-border traders who are a widespread element of trade and commerce in Africa.…”
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“…The surge in informal sector business tourism, which has both international as well as domestic manifestations, represents the 'other' side of African business tourism. The nature of informal sector business tourism is inherently pro-poor in terms of its participants and local impacts (Rogerson and Letsie, 2013;Rogerson, 2014b). In seeking a comprehensive understanding of how pro-poor business is in the global South it is essential that these different forms of business tourism be acknowledged, unpacked and analysed.…”
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“…It is important to recognise that several authors draw attention to the number of small tourism businesses that operate informally in developing countries (King & Dinkoksung, 2014;Rogerson, 2014). By this, they are usually referring to the production of illicit goods and services that do not conform to fiscal (tax) and other regulations.…”
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“…Com ênfase associativa e comunitária (IRVING, 2009;SAMPAIO & CORIOLANO, 2009;ROGERSON, 2014;ASHLEY E GOODWIN, 2001;GRIMM & SAMPAIO, 1 Os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento do Milênio são: reduzir pela metade o número de pessoas que vivem na miséria e passam fome; educação básica de qualidade para todos; igualdade entre os sexos e mais autonomia para as mulheres; redução da mortalidade infantil; melhoria da saúde materna; combate a epidemias e doenças; garantia da sustentabilidade ambiental e, estabelecer parcerias mundiais para o desenvolvimento. Em setembro de 2015, 150 líderes mundiais participaram em Nova York da Cúpula das Nações Unidas sobre Desenvolvimento Sustentável 2015, onde uma nova agenda foi adotada: os Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável com metas universais, que se aplicam a países em todos os estágios de desenvolvimento, a agenda consiste em uma Declaração, 17 Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável e as 169 metas, uma seção sobre meios de implementação e de parcerias globais, e um arcabouço para acompanhamento e revisão.…”
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“…N° 27 Estratégias de desenvolvimento: a pesquisa científica no Isabel Jurema Grimm campo do turismo de base comunitaria Carlos Cioce Sampaio Gest. tur, N° 27, enero -junio 2017, pp 44 -65 Sampaio et al, (2011Sampaio et al, ( , 2014, Lima (2011);Rogerson, (2014); Fabrino et al, (2015).…”
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