Vol.5 No 2, 2008 pp. 173- 178
UDC 502.131.1:338.48
SUSTAINABLE TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AS A TOOL
FOR ELIMINATING POVERTY
Tatjana Dimoska
Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Ohrid, Macedonia
As a result of its positive effect, sustainable development of tourism
is considered to be a tool for eliminating poverty and enhancing the standard
of life, especially on long term. Sustainable tourism is very important
for the development of developing countries, especially for the least developed
ones. Having in mind the positive effect of sustainable development of
tourism, the basis of project ST - EP (Sustainable Tourism - Eliminating
Poverty) have been established at The World Summit on Sustainable Development
held in Johannesburg in 2002, with the main goal of decreasing poverty
in the world up to for 50% until 2015.
Key words: Sustainable tourism development, poverty, ST-EP,
pro-poor strategies, developing countries, the least developed countries
ODRŽIVI RAZVOJ TURIZMA -SREDSTVO ZA ELIMINISANJE
SIROMAŠTVA
Kao rezultat pozitivnih efekata, održivi razvoj turizma može se smatrati
kao sredstvo eliminisanja siromaštva i poveċanja životnog standarda
građana, posebno u dužem roku. Održivi turizam je od velike važnosti
svim zemaljama, a posebno najmanje razvijenim. Imajuċi u vidu prednosti
održivog turizma za siromašne zemlje, na Svetskom samitu održivog razvoja
održanom 2002. godine u Johanesburgu, postavljaju se osnove projekta ST-EP
-a (Sustainable Tourism - Eliminating Poverty) sa ciljem smanjenja siromaštva
u svetu za čak 50% do 2015. godine.
Ključne reči: održivi razvoj turizma, siromaštvo,
ST-EP, pro-poor strategije, zemlje u razvoju, najmanje razvijene zemlje
