1. Tourism is one of the most important economic activities in the world today, because it directly generates services, products, foreign currency, employment and investments. In countries where tourism has become a flourishing service industry, it has a far-reaching economic and social impact on national development. International tourism also has complex linkages to other industries and to government development strategies and plans, which means that it affects the structure and diversity of other economic activities at the national and regional levels. 2. In 2003, international tourism receipts represented approximately 6 per cent of worldwide exports of goods and services; the share of tourism as part of service exports increased to nearly 30 per cent. In terms of growth, the tourism industry worldwide had been stagnant since 2000, but made a strong recovery throughout 2004. At the end of 2004 and in early 2005, the devastation caused by the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami had a significant impact on several important Asian tourism destinations. 3. A number of international and regional forces beyond direct government or private sector control, as well as extraordinary disruptions and crises, have produced a fast-changing variety of complex patterns for international tourism in the region. This document considers major issues and challenges in the tourism sector in terms of sustainable development over the long term, and in terms of crisis and risk management for the Asian and Pacific tourism industry.download
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