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ECONOMIC DEPENDENCE


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

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economic dependence

Many countries, especially developing countries, have embraced tourism as a way to boost the economy...
  • in Gambia, for instance, 30% of the workforce depends directly or indirectly on tourism;


  • in small island developing states, percentages can range from 83% in the Maldives to 21% in the Seychelles and 34% in Jamaica;


  • in Malta tourism represents 25% of GDP.
... but over-reliance on tourism, especially mass tourism, carries significant risks to tourism-dependent economies:
  • economic recession,


  • and the impacts of natural disasters such as tropical storms and cyclones (see the recent case of tsunami),


  • as well as changing tourism patterns can have a devastating effect on the local tourism sector.
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