Tourism is one of the most dynamic and fastest growing global industries and its growth is necessarily beneficial … vulnerable to tourism if not managed. Managing tourism can have substantial inherent potential to underpin sustainable … development and conservation. So, for tourism planning in developing regions to be effective and responsive to community interests …

The World Bank dropped its engagement in the tourism sector during the 1980s after twenty years of financing tourism … other tourism related projects. At the time, World Bank lending for tourism in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) was … just US$350 million per year. After the tourism department closed in the late 70s, some projects supporting tourism …

As discussed in Hawkins and Mann (2007), the World Bank dropped its engagement in the tourism sector during the 1980s … after twenty years of financing Bank's tourism projects which included infrastructure for resort sites, lines of credit for … hotels, training, and some investment in hotels and other tourism related projects. At the time, World Bank lending for …