Nov. 29th 2005, on the front page of Norway’s largest newspaper Verdens Gang (VG): next to photos of two young Chinese boys, the title read “Disappeared from Moss – the police fears: TAKEN by human traffickers” . It was ...

The aim of this thesis is to understand the socio-cultural impacts backpackers, as ‘alternative tourists’, have on the destinations they visit. Through a case study analysis, I examine the relationship between the hosts ...

Can high levels of poverty be a competitive advantage for a country in the world economy? Or, put differently, can low labour costs provide a sustainable basis for a small country’s export strategy? In this study poverty ...