Cointegration and Causality between Tourism and Poverty Reduction

has received recently in the fight against poverty by the acad-emy, the practitioners, and the international agencies, particu-larly the United Nations ’ (UN) World Tourism Organization (WTO). Tourism has been catapulted to the forefront of the tools available to eradicate poverty effectively, relatively quickly, and in a less costly way in the developing countries. The promise of tourism for developing countries both as a vehicle to gain a competitive advantage and as a vehicle to reduce poverty often is based on its potential impact o