Tourism as investment Thomas Kostigen's Impact Investor - MarketWatch

Tourism drives job creation and increases prosperity in local economies.
It has a direct affect on poverty reduction and an indirect affect on
increasing health and human services; as people prosper they can afford
better nutrition and health care.

According to findings released by the United Nations World Tourism
Organization at a conference on developing economies, tourism ranks in
the top three categories for economic development, “demonstrating that
travel can play a vital role in helping developing economies mature.”