GG294 Chapter Notes - Chapter 24: United Nations Development Programme, Cultural Tourism, Ecotourism
Document Summary
Tourism offers an alternative economic activity to primary and secondary industries,(if there is a lack of development choices for a less developed country) Telfer and sharpley: tourism may bring benefits and impacts in terms of environmental, economic, sociocultural and political issues, gov and planners have to make critical decisions on the tradeoffs to be made when developing tourism. Tourism will be created in one location at the expense of another. Countries seeks external capital and multinational corporations to invest in tourism. Less developed counties offer a taste of the exotic, an opportunity to encounter different cultures and to experience an unspoiled environment. 1:5 international tourist trips are to less developed countries and their climate, culture, and environment combine to form tourism. Less developed = in south america, africa, south asia and south pacific. Webster defines development as the replacement of traditional values with modern ones. Fourth world is a term to define the least developed countries.
