Views On Tourism » Panama http://www.viewsontourism.info Knowledge and inspiration to the Bangladeshi tourism sector. This blog is also valuable to nearby countries, developing countries or destinations facing similar challenges. Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:29:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 WTTC: 2011 Americas http://www.viewsontourism.info/2011/wttc-2011-americas/ http://www.viewsontourism.info/2011/wttc-2011-americas/#comments Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:31:52 +0000 Majbritt Thomsen http://www.viewsontourism.info/?p=5317 KEY FACTS AT A GLANCE

GDP: Direct Contribution
The direct contribution of Travel &Tourism to GDP is expected to be USD629.3bn (2.9% of total GDP) in 2011, rising by 3.9% pa to USD923.9bn (3.1%) in 2021 (in constant 2011 prices).

GDP: Total Contribution
The total contribution of Travel &Tourism to GDP, including its wider economic impacts, is forecast to rise by 3.5% pa from USD1,947.9bn (8.8% of GDP) in 2011 to USD2,762.4bn (9.2%) by 2021.

Employment: Direct Contribution
Travel & Tourism is expected to support directly 15,811,000 jobs (3.8% of total employment) in 2011, rising by 2.0% pa to 19,239,000 jobs (4.0%) by 2021.

Employment: Total Contribution
The total contribution of Travel & Tourism to employment, including jobs indirectly supported by the industry, is forecast to rise by 1.9% pa from 40,738,000 jobs (9.8% of total employment) in 2011 to 49,149,000 jobs (10.2%) by 2021.

Visitor Exports
Travel & Tourism visitor exports are expected to generate USD267.6bn (7.3% of total exports) in 2011, growing by 6.4%pa (in nominal terms) to USD412.7bn (5.5%) in 2021.

Investment
Travel & Tourism investment is estimated at USD207.7bn or 5.4% of total investment in 2011. It should rise by 5.0% pa to reach USD340.2bn (or 5.9%) of total investment in 2021.

The Americas include North America, Caribbean, Central America and South America.

Download the Travel & Tourism report on Americas here

About WTTC
The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) is the forum for business leaders in the Travel & Tourism industry. With Chief Executives of some one hundred of the world’s leading Travel & Tourism companies as its Members, WTTC has a unique mandate and overview on all matters related to Travel & Tourism.
WTTC works to raise awareness of Travel & Tourism as one of the world’s largest industries, supporting more than 258 million jobs and generating 9.1 per cent of world GDP.

This article is quoted from WTTC . Follow the links and get an overview of 2011 WTTC region reports or country reports.

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]]> http://www.viewsontourism.info/2011/wttc-2011-americas/feed/ 0 Panama: HOW TOURISM CAN (AND DOES) BENEFIT THE POOR AND THE ENVIRONMENT http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/panama-how-tourism-can-and-does-benefit-the-poor-and-the-environment/ http://www.viewsontourism.info/2010/panama-how-tourism-can-and-does-benefit-the-poor-and-the-environment/#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:38:32 +0000 Majbritt Thomsen http://www.viewsontourism.info/?p=2588 AUTHOR: RRMiller TourismROI
Tourism is one of Latin America’s fastest growing industries, outranking remittances and even drugs in many countries as a source of foreign exchange. But the impact of tourism on the poor and on the environment remains under debate. Certainly many suspect that tourism does more harm than good, damaging the environment and leaving the poor worse off while shipping profits overseas. But few have actually analyzed the impact of tourism on the economy of a developing country. In this En Breve, Irina Klytchnikova and Paul Dorosh describe a study on the economic costs and benefits of tourism which they carried out as part of a Country Environmental Assessment in Panama. As a country marked by a “dual economy”, Panama shares with other Latin American countries a fast growing, modern urban sector side by side with impoverished rural and peri-urban populations. Tourism has been growing in Panama and contributes somewhere between 6 and 9 percent of GDP. More importantly, Klytchnikova and Dorosh found that as a sector, tourism has large multiplier effects on the Panamanian economy and has the potential for significant benefits to the poor and to the environment. But tourism’s poverty benefits are neither automatic nor ubiquitous. They depend on where and how supply chains are structured and on the way tourists spend their money.

This “En Breve” presents the results of an assessment of the tourism sector based on a top-down model. The results bode well for tourism in Panama, and could be a model for analysis in other LAC countries.

This article is quoted from Tourism ROY Newsletter published on 2010-02-08. Follow this link to read the article . Download the report HOW TOURISM CAN (AND DOES) BENEFIT THE POOR AND THE ENVIRONMENT .

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