3. “Tourism and Community Development”
Draws special attention to the potential of tourism to
actively involve the grassroots level and hence
contribute to a critical building block of sustainable
development.
This focus coincides with the current definition and
drafting process of the Sustainable
Development Goals, which will be the guiding
development blueprint promoted by the United
Nations for the period after 2015.
A community or participatory approach involves the
local population in the decision making process.
Tourism’s horizontal nature allows to factor in a broad
scope of local priorities, strengthening social
cohesion, contributing to local governance capabilities
and supporting socio-economic resilience.
4.
5. Why Tourism
“Tourism in India has the potential to promote
faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth. It
could be used as a powerful antidote to tackle
poverty.”
Chiranjeevi
“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny
place you occupy in the world.”
Gustave Flaubert
“The travel and tourism industry, it’s just a huge
part of our economy.”
Karen Hughes
15. Tourism has become the
continuously growing and
developing economic sectors
worldwide because of the
occurrence of various
attractive and new
destinations for the tourists.
So it has become the main
source of income for the
developing countries.
