dc.contributor.author | United Nations Environment Programme | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Global | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2016-10-11T20:03:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2016-10-11T20:03:25Z | |
dc.identifier.other | OP014 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/8189 | |
dc.description | Tourism is one of the world's largest industries, generating an estimated 11%1 of global Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employing 200 million people and transporting nearly 700 million international travellers per year a figure that is expected to double by 2020. Developing countries currently have only a minority share of the international tourism market (approximately 30%) but this is growing. International tourism arrivals in developing countries have grown by an average of 9.5% per year since 1990, compared to 4.6% worldwide. The tourism industry makes important contributions to the economies of developing countries, particularly to foreign exchange earnings, employment, and GDP. | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.publisher | UNEP | |
dc.rights | Public | en_US |
dc.title | Pro-poor tourism: harnessing the world's largest industry for the world's poor | |
dc.type | Reports, Books and Booklets | en_US |
wd.identifier.sdgio | http://purl.unep.org/sdg/SDGIO_00000043 | |