Marina Novelli (PhD) is a Reader in Tourism and International Development at the University of Brighton (UK). She is a geographer with a background in economics and an interest in development studies applied to tourism. As an expert in international tourism policy, planning and development, she has led and advised on projects funded by the World Bank, the UN, the EU, and the Commonwealth Secretariat as well as a number of national ministries, regional development agencies and NGOs in developed and developing economies. She is globally known as a niche tourism specialist and as an Africa expert associated with her extensive applied research, publications and consultancy engagements. She sees her mission as generating new knowledge on ways in which tourism can play a key role in sustainable development by stimulating local economies, conserving the environment and changing lives.

• 1. Tourism and Development in Sub-Sahara Africa 2. Knowledge, Skills’ Gap and Capacity Building in Tourism 3. Critical Issues in Community Based Tourism 4. Tourism and development in post-conflict ‘situations of fragility' 5. Diaspora, Tourism and Development 6. Travel Philanthropy: looking beyond ‘volunteer tourism’ 7. Current Issues in Niche Tourism 8. What future for Sub-Sahara Africa’s Tourism?

Marina Novelli (PhD) is a Reader in Tourism and International Development at the University of Brighton (UK). She is a geographer with a background in economics and an interest in development studies applied to tourism. As an expert in international tourism policy, planning and development, she has led and advised on projects funded by the World Bank, the UN, the EU, and the Commonwealth Secretariat as well as a number of national ministries, regional development agencies and NGOs in developed and developing economies. She is globally known as a niche tourism specialist and as an Africa expert associated with her extensive applied research, publications and consultancy engagements. She sees her mission as generating new knowledge on ways in which tourism can play a key role in sustainable development by stimulating local economies, conserving the environment and changing lives.

• 1. Tourism and Development in Sub-Sahara Africa 2. Knowledge, Skills’ Gap and Capacity Building in Tourism 3. Critical Issues in Community Based Tourism 4. Tourism and development in post-conflict ‘situations of fragility' 5. Diaspora, Tourism and Development 6. Travel Philanthropy: looking beyond ‘volunteer tourism’ 7. Current Issues in Niche Tourism 8. What future for Sub-Sahara Africa’s Tourism?

Marina Novelli (PhD) is a Reader in Tourism and International Development at the University of Brighton (UK). She is a geographer with a background in economics and an interest in development studies applied to tourism. As an expert in international tourism policy, planning and development, she has led and advised on projects funded by the World Bank, the UN, the EU, and the Commonwealth Secretariat as well as a number of national ministries, regional development agencies and NGOs in developed and developing economies. She is globally known as a niche tourism specialist and as an Africa expert associated with her extensive applied research, publications and consultancy engagements. She sees her mission as generating new knowledge on ways in which tourism can play a key role in sustainable development by stimulating local economies, conserving the environment and changing lives.

• 1. Tourism and Development in Sub-Sahara Africa 2. Knowledge, Skills’ Gap and Capacity Building in Tourism 3. Critical Issues in Community Based Tourism 4. Tourism and development in post-conflict ‘situations of fragility' 5. Diaspora, Tourism and Development 6. Travel Philanthropy: looking beyond ‘volunteer tourism’ 7. Current Issues in Niche Tourism 8. What future for Sub-Sahara Africa’s Tourism?