Currently, the authority pegs the sector’s contribution to GDP at 8.5%, creating over 350,000 direct jobs. As part of moves to increase these figures Ghana has outdoored a National Tourism Development Plan –spanning 2013 to 2027.With 10 regions, Ghana has a tourist attraction in all the ...
It is important that the tourism industry of Indonesia enhances its contribution towards the country'sgross domestic product(GDP) because it will trigger more foreign exchange earnings (as each foreign visitor spends between USD $1,100 and USD $1,200 per visit on average) while also providing e...
Ghana and Namibia's surprise power move signals new era of female leadership•Dec. 18, 2024, 4:57 AM ET (Nation.Africa) Nominally, Namibia is a lower-middle-income economy with a per capitagross domestic product(GDP) that is significantly above average for countries insub-Saharan Africa. ...
(2008), "The contribution of human capital and resource-based view to small- and medium-sized tourism venture performance in Ghana", International Journal of Emerging Markets, Vol. 3 No. 3, pp. 268-284.K. Saffu, S. O. Apori, A. E. Mensah and , J. Ahutamah. The contribution of ...
Contribution of the Hospitality and Tourism Sector to the Development of Local Communities in the Hohoe Municipality, Ghana. Tourism is now one of the world's largest industries and one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world. Its high growth and development rates, considerable volume...
Here we conduct an economic analysis of the contribution of elephants (grouping both species together) to tourism in Africa's protected areas (PAs). In taking this approach we aim to elucidate how the tourism benefits that are lost due to elephant poaching relate to the enforcement or anti-...
This developmental shift would eventually lead to the Celtic Tiger economic growth so well-documented in the literature, when GDP growth between 1995 and 2000 averaged 9 per cent and unemployment dropped to 4 per cent (Clancy, 2009: 58). However, the contribution that tourism made to that ...
. In South Arica, 1.5 million jobs were supported by travel and tourism in 2017, which is 9.5% of the total employment in the country. The total contribution of travel and tourism to South Africa’s GDP was R412.5bn (8.9% of GDP) in 2017 and is forecast to rise by...
in ski resort areas reliant on snowmaking.4 At the same time, Travel & Tourism businesses hold the capacity to inspire a circular and regenerative shift, which is essential to reduce their vulnerability and make a positive contribution to the overall health and integrity of the complex system ...
contribution of international tourism to climate change in the early stages of development is thus diminished by globalization in the later stages. In other words, globalization appears to reduce carbon emissions from international tourism. The empirical results provide additional arguments for shaping ...