Tourism, Globalisation and Sustainable Development

International tourism today is big business. In fact, the tourist industry is one of the fastest growing sectors of the global economy. Third World countries are being encouraged not only by the international bodies connected with the global tourist industry but also, more significantly, by the UN itself, to promote the tourism sector. However, many case studies have shown that the outflows generated by tourism are greater than the inflows.

• Globalisation and tourism: Deadly mix for indigenous peoples (Raymond de Chavez)

• The rise and fall of South-East Asian tourism (Anita Pleumarom)

• Tourism killing world's eighth wonder (Maurice Malanes)

• "The Beach" war (Anita Pleumarom)