ourism is the act of traveling for the purpose of recreation and business and the provision of services
for this act.
According
to that Tourists are the persons who are traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year.
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It is a generator of thousands of jobs, according to the UNrWTO (Click)
The tourism sector is directly or indirectly responsible for 8.8 percent of the world's jobs (258 millions).
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Better quality of life.
Better quality of life of the people where tourism has a big impact.
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Visitors expanditures have a "flow through" effect on the economy
Tourists can boost a local economy by going on vacation to a destination and spending a lot of money at stores, airports, hotels among other cool places.
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It generates high demand in Transportation, telecommunications
and financial services.
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It creates second economic effects
It buys goods and services from other businesses in that area and it ..
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Facts and figures in which this research was based
travel & tourism economic impact 2015 (Click)
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reasons to study tourism...
Hilda Raquel Mejia Lopez
born in Monteria -Cordoba, is a student of Tecnologia de Servicios Turisticos y Hoteleros 2nd semester.
She was given the opportunity to take up a diplomado and her project was taken as one of the best (4th place).It will be published in a book soon. As you can see she was awarded with a certificate in manejo Ambiental Urbana. Hilda Mejia is part of the group:
"Vigias de Paz Ambiental"
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