Tourism--passport to development? : : Perspectives on the social and cultural effects of tourism in developing countries

Tourism, spurred by jumbo jets, charter tours, and the affluence of the industrial nations, has become a major economic activity. To many developing countries with few resources other than sunny climates, sandy beaches, and exotic cultures, it has seemed to offer an opportunity to secure foreign exc...

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Corporate Authors: Joint Unesco-World Bank Seminar on the Social and Cultural Impacts of Tourism Washington, D.C., World Bank., Unesco.
Other Authors: De Kadt, Emanuel Jehuda.
Language:English
Published: [New York]: Published for the World Bank and Unesco [by] Oxford University Press, c1979..
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111 2 |a Joint Unesco-World Bank Seminar on the Social and Cultural Impacts of Tourism   |c Washington, D.C.   |d 1976 : 
245 1 0 |a Tourism--passport to development? : :   |b Perspectives on the social and cultural effects of tourism in developing countries   |c [edited by] Emanuel de Kadt.. 
260 |a [New York]:   |b Published for the World Bank and Unesco [by] Oxford University Press,   |c c1979.. 
300 |a xviii, 360 p.:   |b map;   |c 24 cm.. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
511 0 |a ISBN 0-19-520150-7 Pbk : -2.50. 
520 0 |a Tourism, spurred by jumbo jets, charter tours, and the affluence of the industrial nations, has become a major economic activity. To many developing countries with few resources other than sunny climates, sandy beaches, and exotic cultures, it has seemed to offer an opportunity to secure foreign exchange and stimulate economic growth. Critics question, however, whether tourism yields economic returns commensurate with its costs and express concern about its possibly adverse social and cultural effects. 
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653 |a Developing countries  |a Social conditions  |a Effects of international tourism, 1970-1979 
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