Tourism in Developing Countries
September 28, 2000 - 0:0
Part 2 Tourism Development StrategyOne of the key factors for governments to resolve the prevailing problems or in other words one of the options, is adopting the tourism development policy as a principal policy.
The events of the past decades, the statistics and the information prevailing in this field, indicate the impact of the tourism industry in the development of countries. According to the information released from Internet site of WTO (World Tourism Organization), international tourism speeded up in 1996, growing by 4.6 percent in terms of arrivals and 7.6 percent in terms of earnings. International tourist arrivals reached nearly 563 million in 1996. Further, more than one million international tourists will be traveling by the year 2010 according to a revised forecast of tourist growth issued by the World Tourism Organization. The revised predictions show international arrivals increasing to 702 million by the year 2000 and to 1018 million by 2010 a figure and percent higher than WTO original forecast issued in 1990. International tourist receipts are forecast to grow to $621 million in the year 2000 and $1.5 trillion by 20th, as we can see in WTO press releases in Internet, growth of the tourism industry will not be UN stopped in the 21st century soaring to 1.6 million international arrivals annually by the year 2020, according to a new forecast by the World Tourism Organization. The 21st century will see a higher percentage of the total population traveling, specifically in developing countries, and people will be going on holiday more often ... sometimes two, three or four times a year, said WTO Secretary General Francesco Frangialli. This information indicates the rapid growth of tourism.
The sector has achieved recognition as a major economic activity not only at international level but also at regional and country levels as tourist growth is increasing, the potential benefits and costs of investing in the sector needs to be considered at the planning stage to avoid many of the social implications caused by tourism development in developing countries. As we can see in the other part of WTO site in Internet, according to the study, presented at the conference of WTO in during Expo 98 world fair in Lisbon, by Colin Clark of Horwath International, travelers of 21st century will be poor in time and rich in money.
As a result, they will look for products that offer (maximum thrills in minimum time). This trend will boost products such as theme parks and also cruise industry, since several destinations in one brief trip. As we can observe the anticipations by WTO are indicating the outstanding changes in tourism industry in the 21st century. The outrunning of this industry in comparison with the other industries and the other economic sectors illuminate the significant importance of this industry for the governments of the developing countries.
Therefore achieving the development in the concept, which was represented before, requires the attempts of governments for making new policies and preparing and providing certain programs targeting the expansion of this industry. Supplying the requirements of these industry like the economic sub-infrastructures such as: Roads, ports, terminals, air, sea, and land transportation's facilities and constructions and providing other items related to this industry like hotels, motels, and inter-cities restaurants can make the grounds for a consistent development, while the maintenance and safeguarding of the environment would be of high priority.
(To Be Contd.)
The events of the past decades, the statistics and the information prevailing in this field, indicate the impact of the tourism industry in the development of countries. According to the information released from Internet site of WTO (World Tourism Organization), international tourism speeded up in 1996, growing by 4.6 percent in terms of arrivals and 7.6 percent in terms of earnings. International tourist arrivals reached nearly 563 million in 1996. Further, more than one million international tourists will be traveling by the year 2010 according to a revised forecast of tourist growth issued by the World Tourism Organization. The revised predictions show international arrivals increasing to 702 million by the year 2000 and to 1018 million by 2010 a figure and percent higher than WTO original forecast issued in 1990. International tourist receipts are forecast to grow to $621 million in the year 2000 and $1.5 trillion by 20th, as we can see in WTO press releases in Internet, growth of the tourism industry will not be UN stopped in the 21st century soaring to 1.6 million international arrivals annually by the year 2020, according to a new forecast by the World Tourism Organization. The 21st century will see a higher percentage of the total population traveling, specifically in developing countries, and people will be going on holiday more often ... sometimes two, three or four times a year, said WTO Secretary General Francesco Frangialli. This information indicates the rapid growth of tourism.
The sector has achieved recognition as a major economic activity not only at international level but also at regional and country levels as tourist growth is increasing, the potential benefits and costs of investing in the sector needs to be considered at the planning stage to avoid many of the social implications caused by tourism development in developing countries. As we can see in the other part of WTO site in Internet, according to the study, presented at the conference of WTO in during Expo 98 world fair in Lisbon, by Colin Clark of Horwath International, travelers of 21st century will be poor in time and rich in money.
As a result, they will look for products that offer (maximum thrills in minimum time). This trend will boost products such as theme parks and also cruise industry, since several destinations in one brief trip. As we can observe the anticipations by WTO are indicating the outstanding changes in tourism industry in the 21st century. The outrunning of this industry in comparison with the other industries and the other economic sectors illuminate the significant importance of this industry for the governments of the developing countries.
Therefore achieving the development in the concept, which was represented before, requires the attempts of governments for making new policies and preparing and providing certain programs targeting the expansion of this industry. Supplying the requirements of these industry like the economic sub-infrastructures such as: Roads, ports, terminals, air, sea, and land transportation's facilities and constructions and providing other items related to this industry like hotels, motels, and inter-cities restaurants can make the grounds for a consistent development, while the maintenance and safeguarding of the environment would be of high priority.
(To Be Contd.)