Tourism can play a role as a strategy for development, but it results in development for foreigners rather than local people. Development in this case refers to economic development, and for regions and nations with few natural resources, tourism can be a way of increasing revenues as foreigners readily spend...

Medical tourism in the delivery of healthcare in the United States is the term for traveling abroad in order to receive healthcare (CDC, 2018). The definition of medical tourism can be restricted to patients who are deliberately seeking non-emergency healthcare services in a country other than their own (Johnston, Crooks,...

When one travels, he or she has nothing to lose and everything to gain, especially where the travel is for adventure. Edu-tourism is a good example of adventure travel packed with numerous benefits for all involved. Any destination is appropriate for Edu-tourism, provided the traveler is not familiar with that...

OverviewAs one of the world’s largest industries, in 2014 tourism contributed approximately $7.5 billion to the global economy (Statista, 2016). While developed countries have been exploiting the benefits of tourism for a long time now, developing countries are starting to realise that foreign visitors can play an active role in...

According to the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, the number of tourists between January and October of last year was over 1.1 billion. This shows how rising global economies have also created a growing demand for worldwide travel. Tourism can be defined as the inclusion of any process or activity that...