Open AccessSustainable Tourism in APEC: A Region with UNWTO Members and Non-members
Author(s) -
Cuauhtemoc Ramirez
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of sustainable development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1913-9071
pISSN - 1913-9063
DOI - 10.5539/jsd.v11n3p1
Subject(s) - tourism , overcrowding , business , asset (computer security) , economic geography , international trade , economics , economic growth , geography , computer security , archaeology , computer science
Tourism has become a source of income, employment and economic growth for the country members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). This paper analyses tourism as a regional economic activity that interacts with the environment, with positive effects such as improving economic competitiveness; and negative effects such as overcrowding and poor management that can destroy the touristic asset on which the activity depends. These issues put the membership of the World Tourism Organization (WTO) of some APEC economies at stake, as well as the future of their local, regional and global economic and tourism competitiveness.