TOURISM BOOM SPELLS WEALTH FOR DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
February 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
TOURISM is continuing to boom in developing countries, boosting their economies, according to the latest figures from the UN World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO). Its claims the number of individual international tourism journeys leapt by 6% in 2007 (compared to 2006) to 898 million visitors. An increasing number of these arrivals were to countries that really need tourism profits. For instance, with an estimated 44 million international travellers visiting Africa in 2007, the UNWTO said the continent's tourism industry had "confirmed its ...
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