Discussion questions:
1. Do you think poverty alleviation can be seriously addressed as tourism develops? What examples can you give based on what you have seen in your own country regarding tourism development and poverty alleviation?
2. Identify concrete activities local government units can initiate and support to address poverty alleviation through tourism development.
3. Identify paradoxes and problems that must be negotiated as poverty alleviation and tourism development are considered. How can these paradoxes and problems be managed and converted into opportunities to ensure that marginalized individuals get the support they need?