Supporting tourism for development in least developed countries / [World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), and International Trade Centre (ITC)].
Tourism represents nearly 10% of the world’s GDP and 30% of global services exports. It ranked third as a worldwide export category in 2015, after fuels and chemicals and ahead of food and automotive products.1 In many developing countries, tourism ranks as the first export sector. 2 Tourism has bee...
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| Format: | Ebook |
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| Language: | English |
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Madrid :
World Tourism Organization,
2016.
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| Online Access: | UNWTO eLibrary |
| Summary: | Tourism represents nearly 10% of the world’s GDP and 30% of global services exports. It ranked third as a worldwide export category in 2015, after fuels and chemicals and ahead of food and automotive products.1 In many developing countries, tourism ranks as the first export sector. 2 Tourism has been estimated to generate one in 11 jobs in the world. The cross-cutting and labour-intensive nature of tourism creates links to many other economic sectors and positions it as a valuable contributor to national development strategies. Tourism is a crucial growth sector for LDCs.In 2015, the 49 least developed countries (LDCs)3 received 29 million international tourist arrivals – nearly three times as many as a decade ago – and earned USD 21 billion from international tourism. Tourism now represents 7% of the LDCs’ total exports of goods and services, and for non-oil exporters, the figure stands at 10%.4 From a development perspective, the tourism value chain provides employment opportunities for women and youth and can stimulate entrepreneurship in other productive sectors in goods and services. Tourism was among the main contributors enabling the graduation of Cabo Verde, Maldives and Samoa from their previous LDC status. Tourism is not yet a major priority for donor countries.Despite its proven impact and development potential, only 0.09% of total Official Development Assistance (ODA) and 0.4% of total Aid-for-Trade (AfT) disbursements were allocated for tourism between 2006 and 2013. By bringing key partners together, the Enhanced Integrated Framework (EIF), the only global AfT programme exclusively designed for LDCs, can be a useful vehicle to assess needs for tourism in LDCs, ensure global co-ordination around technical assistance for tourism, facilitate peer learning and ensure efficient and ultimately increased delivery. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (16 pages) : illustrations |