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Tourism’s impact on human rights: Travel’s best souvenir a case study in Ngwe Saung, Myanmar

Key findings from this study indicate that individuals of all ages, occupations and ethnic groups from the Ngwe Saung community experienced a positive increase in sustainable livelihood through increased job opportunity and additional income. Livelihood improvements directly impacted human rights...

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Main Author: E. Pritchard, Ashley
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Language:English
Published: 2013
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spelling my.usm.eprints.34981 http://eprints.usm.my/34981/ Tourism’s impact on human rights: Travel’s best souvenir a case study in Ngwe Saung, Myanmar E. Pritchard, Ashley TH1-9745 Building construction Key findings from this study indicate that individuals of all ages, occupations and ethnic groups from the Ngwe Saung community experienced a positive increase in sustainable livelihood through increased job opportunity and additional income. Livelihood improvements directly impacted human rights to education, health, hygiene, electricity, transportation, freedom of information and religious opportunity. Results show that tourism development reduced poverty significantly, elevating participants from extreme poverty to a level well above subsistence, unattainable without the jobs and income that tourism generated. 2013-02 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/34981/1/HBP15.pdf E. Pritchard, Ashley (2013) Tourism’s impact on human rights: Travel’s best souvenir a case study in Ngwe Saung, Myanmar. In: International Conference on Tourism Development: Building The Future Of Tourism, 4 - 5 February 2013, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia.
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Tourism’s impact on human rights: Travel’s best souvenir a case study in Ngwe Saung, Myanmar
description Key findings from this study indicate that individuals of all ages, occupations and ethnic groups from the Ngwe Saung community experienced a positive increase in sustainable livelihood through increased job opportunity and additional income. Livelihood improvements directly impacted human rights to education, health, hygiene, electricity, transportation, freedom of information and religious opportunity. Results show that tourism development reduced poverty significantly, elevating participants from extreme poverty to a level well above subsistence, unattainable without the jobs and income that tourism generated.
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title Tourism’s impact on human rights: Travel’s best souvenir a case study in Ngwe Saung, Myanmar
title_short Tourism’s impact on human rights: Travel’s best souvenir a case study in Ngwe Saung, Myanmar
title_full Tourism’s impact on human rights: Travel’s best souvenir a case study in Ngwe Saung, Myanmar
title_fullStr Tourism’s impact on human rights: Travel’s best souvenir a case study in Ngwe Saung, Myanmar
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