All Outputs (3)

The Business of Poverty in Africa: Inside the Travel Philanthropy System (2025)
Book
Scarth, A., & Novelli, M. (2025). The Business of Poverty in Africa: Inside the Travel Philanthropy System. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003497929

This timely and thought-provoking book critically explores key theories, concepts and contemporary issues associated with the travel philanthropy phenomenon and within the debates of sustainable development in Africa. Since the Band Aid era in 1984,... Read More about The Business of Poverty in Africa: Inside the Travel Philanthropy System.

The Globalization of Indigenous Cultural Festivals: A Global South Residents' Perspectives (2025)
Journal Article
Aleshinloye, K. D., Novelli, M., Omitola, A. A., Kaufman, E. B., & Tkatch, J. R. V. (2025). The Globalization of Indigenous Cultural Festivals: A Global South Residents' Perspectives. Event Management, https://doi.org/10.3727/152599525X17385344274531

The globalization of indigenous cultural festivals has increasingly been affecting the way Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) is portrayed and utilized as tourism products due to the deconstruction and reconstruction of cultural meanings and producti... Read More about The Globalization of Indigenous Cultural Festivals: A Global South Residents' Perspectives.

Accelerating Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Tourism in Africa Through Co-Created Youth-Centered Innovation Ecosystem (2025)
Book Chapter
Sifolo, P. P. S., Chiawo, D., Novelli, M., Mensah, K., Kepher-Gona, J., Odhiambo, J., Tsekouras, G., Figlioli, A., Adidwa, D., Muigai, S., & Mburu, F. (2025). Accelerating Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Tourism in Africa Through Co-Created Youth-Centered Innovation Ecosystem. In Developing University Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Sub-Saharan Africa (95-129). World Scientific. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789819800520_0004

The tourism industry is increasingly important in the global economy and is expected to grow by 4.2% per annum to US$ 278 billion by 2028, creating over 235 million jobs globally. In Africa, tourism export revenues have risen threefold and have a uni... Read More about Accelerating Entrepreneurship for Sustainable Tourism in Africa Through Co-Created Youth-Centered Innovation Ecosystem.