Many countries entering the tourism market
Ideally, tourism is a deal where everyone has something to gain. The customer escapes his normal routine and is pampered, entertained or educated. But what we earn the industry? International tourism leads to a flow of foreign currency. The majority of countries in need of foreign currency to pay for goods and services that have to be imported.
A WTO report stated: "International tourism is the sector that, globally, generating the highest foreign trade and is an important item in the balance of payments of many nations. In 1996, the foreign exchange earnings generated by international tourism have touched 423 billion US dollars, exceeding exports of petroleum products, motor vehicles, telecommunications systems, tissue and any other product or service. "The same report reported that "tourism is the industry worldwide records the highest growth," and that it represented "up to 10 percent of gross domestic product in the world." It is not strange that the majority of countries, including now also some of the former Soviet Union, are involved in the tourism industry internationally, or you may hasten to enter.
Governments use tourism revenues to improve infrastructure, raise the level of education and meet other pressing needs at the national level. Virtually all governments are concerned that there is work for their citizens. The jobs created by tourism help meet this need.
To demonstrate the impact that tourism can have on the economy of a nation take the case of the Bahamas, a tiny island nation that spans the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico between the state of Florida and the island of Cuba. Bahama does not have extensive agricultural production and are almost devoid of raw materials of industrial value. But they have a warm climate, beautiful tropical beaches, a population of only 250,000 inhabitants on the capacities friendly, and are close to the United States. The union of these resources has led to a thriving tourist industry. But what it takes to cater to tourists a pleasant and safe?
Ideally, tourism is a deal where everyone has something to gain. The customer escapes his normal routine and is pampered, entertained or educated. But what we earn the industry? International tourism leads to a flow of foreign currency. The majority of countries in need of foreign currency to pay for goods and services that have to be imported.
A WTO report stated: "International tourism is the sector that, globally, generating the highest foreign trade and is an important item in the balance of payments of many nations. In 1996, the foreign exchange earnings generated by international tourism have touched 423 billion US dollars, exceeding exports of petroleum products, motor vehicles, telecommunications systems, tissue and any other product or service. "The same report reported that "tourism is the industry worldwide records the highest growth," and that it represented "up to 10 percent of gross domestic product in the world." It is not strange that the majority of countries, including now also some of the former Soviet Union, are involved in the tourism industry internationally, or you may hasten to enter.
Governments use tourism revenues to improve infrastructure, raise the level of education and meet other pressing needs at the national level. Virtually all governments are concerned that there is work for their citizens. The jobs created by tourism help meet this need.
To demonstrate the impact that tourism can have on the economy of a nation take the case of the Bahamas, a tiny island nation that spans the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico between the state of Florida and the island of Cuba. Bahama does not have extensive agricultural production and are almost devoid of raw materials of industrial value. But they have a warm climate, beautiful tropical beaches, a population of only 250,000 inhabitants on the capacities friendly, and are close to the United States. The union of these resources has led to a thriving tourist industry. But what it takes to cater to tourists a pleasant and safe?