The Business of Tourism

Economy

By Jason Margolis ⋅ August 6, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

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Tourism is big business: It generates Close to a trillion dollars a year. How can nations get ahead in the tourism game? Why do tourists flock to one beach over another? And what does a nation give up when it becomes a tourism destination? These questions and others explored on this edition of The World’s Global Economy podcast.
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John T. Vonachen

I listened to you podcast on tourism where Israelis wanted more tourism on their illegally acquired land. It didn’t seem that balanced to me. Where were the former owners of the land? Dead or displace, unable to express their opinion about the theft?

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