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More and more tourists want to find out what life is like in the Rocinha favela and take tours of the neighbourhood.

Favelas

“Different from what visitors expect”

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by Oberdan Basilio Chagas
by Julia Jaroschewski
Woman of the Hmong ethnic group in Vietnam, her hands black from using dye. Hmong villages are a popular destination for Chinese tourists.

Potential of tourism

Sustainable and ­development-friendly

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by Antje Monshausen
Tourists need accommodation, providing it creates jobs: lodge on the bank of the Chobe River in the KAZA Conservation Area.

Tourism for development

Live elephants have to be worth more

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by Brit Reichelt-Zolho
by Johannes Kirchgatter
Local communities tend to stay poor: Maasai hired to provide a photo opportunity to travellers.

Economic development

Revival strategy

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by Grace Atuhaire
Mocking Bird Hill Hotel in Port Antonio, Jamaica.

Hotels

Benefit the host community

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by Shireen Aga
Cambodian sex workers wait for customers at a public park in Phnom Penh.

Sex tourism

Dubious reputation

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by Katja Dombrowski
Young bird-watching tour guides.

Community-based tourism

Off the beaten track

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by Theresa Krinninger
Personal interaction makes a difference.

Youth

Unknown reality

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by Astrid Neumann
Giant leap: Tunisia’s tourism industry has great potential.

Tunisia

Revolution tourism

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by Aya Chebbi
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