GEO 802 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: World Tourism Organization, World Trade Organization
4 Apr 2016
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100 million people employed in tourism around the world. In the caribbean, 25% of people are employed in the tourism industry. This includes the food sector, tours sector, event hosting and planning. Wto (world tourism organization) predicts that the industry will double by 2020. Top countries spending $ on tourism expenditure (annually: germany ( billion, largest economy in europe, wealthy nation, geographically [close to many other european countries, enjoy most vacation time in the world, shorter work weeks. Four day work weeks are common]: united states ( billion) Which country attracts the most tourists: france (74 million visitors/per year, united states (55 million visitors/per year, spain (53 million visitors/per year, canada (16 million visitors/per year), majority coming to ontario, billion dollars of. Ontario"s income comes from tourism with billion in taxes). About 200,000 people in ontario are employed in the tourism sector. By every 1 million dollars spent on tourism expenditures, 14 jobs are created.
