Can Tourism Promote Inclusive Growth? Supply Chains, Ownership and Employment in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam

Hampton, Mark P. and Jeyacheya, Julia and Long, Pham Hong (2018) Can Tourism Promote Inclusive Growth? Supply Chains, Ownership and Employment in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam. Journal of Development Studies, 54 (2). pp. 359-376. ISSN 0022-0388. E-ISSN 1743-9140. (doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2017.1296572) (Full text available)

Abstract

Inclusive growth is contested yet adopted by the World Bank to reduce poverty and inequality through rapid economic growth. Research has tested inclusive growth in sectors including agriculture, but few studies apply it to tourism which is significant for many developing countries. The paper interrogates tourism-led inclusive growth: supply chain, economic linkages/leakage, ownership, employment and expenditure. It draws from fieldwork in Vietnam where tourism has rapidly developed with partial economic benefits for local communities, but does not appear to fall within the inclusive growth paradigm. It is unclear if tourism-led growth will become any more inclusive in the short-to-medium term.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled keywords:	inclusive growth; development policy; tourism development; economic leakage; economic growth
Subjects:	G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > G Geography (General) G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GF Human ecology. Anthropogeography G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
Divisions:	Faculties > Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation > Human Ecology Faculties > Social Sciences > School of Anthropology and Conservation > DICE (Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology) Faculties > Social Sciences > Kent Business School
Depositing User:	Mark Hampton
Date Deposited:	14 Feb 2017 16:14 UTC
Last Modified:	06 Sep 2018 23:00 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/60372 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)