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The Seychelles tourism sector today is a success story. No doubt, the Seychelles has been endowed with wonderful … natural tourism assets in its beautiful beaches and mountain backdrops, but its success has also been due to good governance … and strategic policy choices. With 24.8 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) directly attributable to tourism, the …
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and private sector principals frequently and intensively use this institutional channel to lobby on trade and tourism … of Caribbean tourism, and suggests the potential for using foreign lobbying as a vehicle for development. Panel data are …
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Malawi sits amid a vibrant Travel and Tourism (T&T) region that is growing rapidly and increasing its world market … important to view tourism as a national priority across sectors and ministries in Malawi. Thus, there is the need to better …
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Commitment to structural reforms and to economic stabilization has enabled high rates of gross domestic product (GDP) growth in Albania since the start of transition, and consequent reductions in poverty. The crisis caused by the collapse of 'pyramid' investment schemes in late 1996 and early...
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Tourism has become the leading economic sector of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) islands, thus … expanding linkages with the local economy seems crucial going forward. Tourism has replaced agriculture as the main economic … tourism sector of these islands accounted for an estimated 45 percent of GDP, and around 60 percent of foreign exchange …
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This study estimates the contribution of nature-based tourism in Zambia to economic growth and poverty reduction as … well as to the sustainability of the management of the wildlife estate. The Zambian Government has identified tourism along … and three characterize the tourism industry and the economic impact of nature tourists. Using a variety of sources of …
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The Government of Ethiopia (GOE) has set in train an initiative to develop the tourism sector in Ethiopia. This study … identified that tourism generated approximately US$ 132 million in in country expenditure revenue from a base of about 150 … characteristics and based on this suggests a strategy of focusing on the development of leisure tourism, identifying this as the …
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these protected areas, which play a significant role in driving tourism, and contribute to the country's economy. Visitors … and rich biodiversity is equally a major tourism asset in an industry which attracts eight billion visitors a year to … tourism in its protected areas by estimating the direct and indirect benefits to local economies from protected area tourism …
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