Tourism and Economic Development Policy

Tourism and Economic Development Policy

Introduction

Tourism

Although the concepts of tourism and travel predate modern history, it was only in the latter half of the twentieth century that these ideas evolved into an industry (Jafari, 2003, p.62). Mass tourism was an aspect of the commercial boom of the 1950s, which saw a dramatic rise in the standard of living in western, industrialized societies (Mbaiwa, 2005, p.4). For the first time, regular foreign travel became affordable to the majority of people (Page and Connell, 2009, p.120).

The philosophy of Tourism is the social technical activity that connects directly to the individual with his environment, to integrate it, to participate in its mysteries , meeting spiritual needs of rest, enjoyment and delight internal and increasing culture to further strengthen the friendly relationship between peoples, the solidarity of man, the respect to the customs and the desire to improve in every aspect(Mbaiwa, 2005, p.6)

Tourism is playing a vital role in the country's economic growth, human resource, culture, wealth of the country in terms of foreign exchange earnings, etc(Carlsen and Butler, 2010, p.68). Tourism is arguably the world's largest and fastest growing industry, accounting for about five percent of the world's Gross National Product and six percent of the employment (Spenceley, 2008, p.190). It is known that widespread Tourism has become one of the most important economic activities of our country and especially in our region. Tourism not only impacts the economic sector itself, but also strongly influences the results of other sectors, increased quality of life for our residents and maintaining our natural attractions and its conservation and environment clean and pure.

Tourism creates new jobs in tourist structures and the adjacent economic sectors (agriculture, handicrafts, fisheries, trade) by developing local tourism businesses or related services .They lead to revenue growth, improving the quality of life of residents (Jafari, 2003, p.65).

Tourism is truly a global business that makes everything good on earth. Most travelers would not want to be aware that they are fueling a multibillion-dollar industry and contributing to unsustainable patterns of consumption and production. And there is little awareness that they are the ones who pay the social and environmental costs(Lascurain, 2005, p.23).

Strategic planning is an acknowledged caveat of the sustainable tourism planning approach and is considered imperative in ensuring that a destination's resources are managed and sustained for the future, while still responding to environmental, financial, community and tourist needs.

Enclave Tourism

An enclave is a territory that is surrounded administrative or located within another, which may well be district, municipality, province, autonomous region, country, state, etc.Enclaves may also exist at a lower level, where administrative subdivision of a country is outside of its parent division. The word comes from the enclave Latin in clavatus meaning "locked up". The rise of tourism in the economic sphere and its evolution from sideline to the other, to its current role within the Services, has been sponsored primarily by its results, quite dramatic in the second half of the twentieth century, by the positive ...