JOURNAL OF BUSINESS DIVERSITY

Business, Management and Poverty Reduction: A Role for Slum Tourism?

Author(s): Peter W. OBrien

Citation: Peter W. OBrien, (2011) "Business, Management and Poverty Reduction: A Role for Slum Tourism?," Journal of Business Diversity, Vol.11, Iss. 1, pp. 33 - 46

Article Type: Research paper

Publisher: North American Business Press

Abstract:

This paper addresses the question of whether or not there could be a legitimate role in reducing extreme

poverty and hunger for the mass tourist activity known as slum tourism. It describes the origins of both

historical and contemporary slum tourism, and the views of critics and providers of the activity. Ethical

issues, double standards among critics and academics, and guidelines for fair and responsible slum

tourism are considered. The paper concludes that the activity should be considered as a viable way to

help achieve the United Nations’ first Millennium Development Goal of eradicating extreme poverty and

hunger.