Pro-Poor Mountain Tourism

Michal Apollo is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Earth Sciences, the University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland, and a Fellow of Yale University's Global Justice Program, New Haven, USA. Michal is an enthusiastic researcher, traveller, mountaineer, ultra-runner, diver, photographer, and science populariser. Michal's unique background allows him to integrate knowledge from the perspectives of various points of view into his research and consultancy work. His areas of expertise are tourism management, consumer behaviours well as environmental and socio-economical issues. In his main research field, he focuses on human presence in high mountain regions and their wellbeing. Currently, he is working on a concept of sustainable use of environmental and human resources, as this is a key to the development, prosperity and wellbeing of all stakeholders. Michal is a board member of the Academics Stand Against Poverty. Yana Wengel is an Associate Professor at the Hainan University - Arizona State University International Tourism College based in Hainan University, China. Yana takes a critical approach to tourism studies, and her interests include volunteer tourism, non-profit tourism, tourism in developing economies, creative methodologies and mountain tourism. She has an interest in creative qualitative tools for data collection and stakeholder engagement. Yana is a co-founder of the LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® research community. Thomas Pogge is a Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs and founding Director of the Global Justice Program at Yale University, USA. Thomas Pogge is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science, as well as co-founder of Academics, Stand Against Poverty (ASAP), an international network aiming to enhance the impact of scholars, teachers and students on global poverty, and of Incentives for Global Health, a team effort toward developing a complement to the pharmaceutical patent regime that would improve access to advanced medicines for the poor worldwide. Pogge has published widely on Immanuel Kant and in moral and political philosophy, including various books on Rawls and global justice.

'1. Mountain Tourism and Poverty Reduction: Opportunities and Challenges. Part I. Strategies for Activating Pro-Poor Mountain Tourism. 2. Identifying Pro-poor Mountain Tourism Opportunities through a Sustainable Livelihood Approach: A Case Study of Dhorpatan Valley, Nepal. 3. The Genesis of Pro-Poor Mountain Tourism in Rural China: Three Cases in Enshi Prefecture. 4. Inclusive development as a modern need: Can mountain tourism make a difference in the Caribbean?. 5. Resident Quality of Life and a Wellness Community-based Tourism Development Model: A Way of Poverty Eradication. 6. Mountain Dark Tourism: A Development Pathway in Post-conflict Zones in Colombia. 7. Pro-poor Mountain Tourism Employment for Women in Nepal. Part II. Impacts and Challenges of Taking a Pro-Poor Approach to Mountain Tourism. 8. Socio-Cultural Integration in the Development of Pro-Poor Mountain Tourism: A Lesson from Eastern Turkey. 9. Mountain Tourism and Socio-Economic Outcomes in Mountain Communities in Nigeria: Prospects and Challenges. 10. Leveraging Mountain Pro-poor Tourism for Poverty Alleviation in the Eastern Highlands of Zimbabwe. 11. Ethnic Tourism: Challenges and Opportunities for Poverty Alleviation Based on Highlands of Lao Cai, Northwest Vietnam. 12. Navigating the Shadows: A Human Rights-Based Approach to Pro-Poor Mountain Tourism in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Part III. Lessons from Advanced Economies. 13. Tourism’s Role in Addressing Poverty through Asset Equity in the U.S. Mountain West. 14. Local Food Products as Element for Fostering Sustainable Mountain Tourism in Marginal Areas: Some Evidence from North-Western Italian Alps. 15. Regional Economic Perspective on the Transformation of Glacier Tourism in the Era of Climate Change. Part IV. Conclusion Remarks. 16. Pro-Poor Mountain Tourism - Through the Journalist's Eye. 17. The Future Outlook on Poverty Reduction Strategies with the Use of Mountain Tourism.