Tourism in Maldives

• 발행기관: 세계문화관광학회
• 저자명: S.C. Bagri S.K.Gupta Reena Sharma
• 간행물 정보: 『Conference Proceedings』10th International Joint World Cultural Tourism Conference 2009, 107~117쪽, 전체 11쪽
• 주제분류: 사회과학 > 관광학
• 파일형태: PDF
• 발행일자: 2009.11.30

영문 초록

The paper includes the growth of tourism since years in Maldives. The paper examines tourist development in Maldives. This will include the tourism indicators and impacts of tourism economically, socially and culturally. Although social/cultural impacts from coastal tourism development have been widely recognized in a great number of cases, it is relatively, difficult to develop technical criteria, for evaluating these impacts in quantitative terms. According to the Ministry of Tourism website, the emergence of tourism in 1972 transformed the economy of the Maldives, moving rapidly from the dependence on the fisheries sector to the tourism sector. Just in three and a half decades, the industry has become the main source of income and livelihood of the people of the Maldives. Tourism is also the country's biggest foreign currency earner and the single largest contributor to the GDP. Today, there are 89 resorts in the Maldives with a bed capacity of over 17,000, providing world class facilities for tourists whose annual arrival figure exceeds 600,000.

목차

Abstract

Introduction

Objectives and methodology

Literature review

Tourism Trends in years and major tourist markets

Contribution to economy

Conclusion

References

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