The focus of this paper is on sustainable tourism's wider benefits, it is important to acknowledge that there are … tradeoffs involved. Like other economic activities, tourism both gives and takes from communities and travelers. When it is … poorly planned, tourism can negatively impact cities, parks, and historic monuments, and put severe pressure on local …

Tourism is an engine for jobs, exports, and investments. The tourism sector is also the largest, global, market …-based contributor to financing protected area systems. Nature-based tourism (NBT) is a sub-component of the tourism sector that includes … wildlife-based tourism. NBT is a powerful tool countries can leverage to grow and diversify their economies while protecting …

regeneration, and sustainable tourism can play a vital role in developing countries' efforts to promote local economic development …

Technology and digital platforms are disrupting the way the tourism sector operates from end to end affects low …-income markets striving to leverage tourism for development impacts. Digital platforms, in particular, provide both opportunities and … challenges for World Bank Group client countries looking to harness tourism to help achieve the World Bank Group's twin goals of …

Lao PDR faces a great opportunity to develop its tourism sector, in particular nature-based tourism (NBT), to create … is the fastest growing segment of tourism, and the demand is growing as the urban middle class expands, particularly in …

Cambodia's tourism industry is a key contributor to its economic growth. However, a recent slowdown in the growth of … tourism points to a need to diversify Cambodia's tourism sector. Cambodia's spectacular and pristine natural assets are … the ecotourism industry can create jobs and provide stimulus for rural economies and building livelihoods in rural areas …

The 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) reaffirmed the country's commitment to eliminating … poverty and promoting shared prosperity and inclusive growth. In this regard, the China systematic country diagnostic (SCD) is … supportive of the priorities of the Party Congress. China's historic rapid growth resulted in a poverty decline unprecedented in …

China and from those programs financed by international organizations, and to recommend best practices on sustainable forest … International Cooperation (GIZ), Kreditanstalt Fur Wiederaufbeau (KfW), and those financed by the Government of China. In addition …

China is experiencing rapid and large scale urbanization, and the resulting local and global urban environmental …) contextualize the project among the broader ecological urban development initiatives in China. Broadening the World Bank …'s engagement beyond the GEF was assessed as important given the project's complexity, and its potential to shed light on China …