Tourism has emerged as the world's largest industry growing rapidly in the last two decades, today it accounts for six percent of world output and employ some 100 million people around the globe since the end of the second world war, it has developed immense revenue and development potential and stands today as a unique natural renewable resource industry.
Tourism that travel-based recreation provides people with a change of pace and a break from the monetary of daily life. It brings people of a different nation together allow them to come into close contact with each other's customs and other aspects of life. It reveals the scenic beauty and past heritage of a country to people belonging to other nations. the knowledge and experience gained in the process can lead to greater understanding and tolerance and can even foster world peace.
The contribution of tourism can be nowhere seen more clearly than on the economic front. A study conducted by the United Nation has shown that developing countries, in particular, can reap handsome benefits out of tourism which greatly boosts national income.
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