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source: www.world-tourism.org/
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www.uneptie.org/pc/tourism/
sust-tourism/economic.htm

Of each US$ 100 spent on a vacation tour by a tourist from a developed country, only around US$ 5 actually stays in a developing-country destination's economy.

A study of tourism leakage* in Thailand estimated that:

70% of all money spent by tourists ended up leaving Thailand (via foreign-owned tour operators, airlines, hotels, imported drinks and food, etc.).

Estimates for other Third World countries range from 80% in the Caribbean to 40% in India.

* The direct income for an area is the amount of tourist expenditure that remains locally after taxes, profits, and wages are paid outside the area and after imports are purchased; these subtracted amounts are called leakage.

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