Tourism Assessment Example - Level 7

Slide 1:By DP 9A (FEHS 2006-07)

Slide 2: The Tourism Industry The tourism industry is one of the biggest industries in the world today. a multi-billion-dollar industry with 700 million international travellers per year around the world. Tourism is a motor for employment and income creation and, especially in poor countries, a vehicle for development. Between 1950 -2004 the number of international tourist arrivals has risen from 30,000,000 to over 700,000,000 each year. And over half of these arrivals happened in Europe. In 2004, 400,000,000 people arrived in European countries, compared to the second biggest tourist area, America, with only 100,000,00 arrivers. Being able to travel all over the world opens opportunities that we've never had before. We can travel to India, Asia, America, Australia, anywhere on the world just to enjoy ourselves. However we don’t travel just for fun. Many people move to countries for empl