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International Tourism : Is This The Answer To Jamaica's Developmental Problem?, Geli M. Eldemire
International Tourism : Is This The Answer To Jamaica's Developmental Problem?, Geli M. Eldemire
FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
The years since World War II have witnessed a rapid growth in International Tourism consequent on improved technologies, increased affluence and leisure time in developed nations. Many of the poorer third World Nations lacking major marketable resources have opted for tourism as a developmental strategy hoping to draw some of the "free-spending" visitors to their shores thereby reducing the World's unequal distribution of wealth.
Tourism promises beneficial effects such as the generation of urgently needed foreign exchange, employment and promotes overall economic growth.
The objective of this thesis is to present information on the contribution of tourism when compared to …