There are wide disparities between the wealthy and the impoverished in many third-world nations that are popular tourist destinations.
Despite receiving income from tourists, this continues. Most locals can only profit from tourism through work or artisanal pursuits. The majority of places with significant tourist attractions are characterized by regional disparities, economic issues, and societal tensions. The political economy of third world nations is influenced by factors such as organizational structure, commercial structure, power, and dominance. These gains are marked by high dependency and underdevelopment. Imperialism and colonial dominance have had a major negative impact on these nations' economies and their economic development. Developing countries will always promote tourism as a mean of creating employment and generating foreign exchange, but with some setbacks in the structure of the international industry, this can be hard to achieve.
Reflective commentary
The political sector is mandated to form policies that will maximize profit potential in the tourism industry. Of economic importance to the World’s economy is the international tourism sector. The tourism market in the third world countries is substantially increasing as from the late 1980’s from a market share of 29.1%. Existence of various forms of political organization in the developing economies will also affect tourism. The socialist and communist principles will impact tourism (ICHRIE, 2017). For the developing economies of third world countries to attract tourists, accessibility, labor in the tourism and hospitality industry, tourist development facilities, attractions, and the social infrastructure should be well defined.
In the developing economies, policies are set by the Government to impact positively on tourism.
The biggest problem faced then comes at the implementation phase where there exist few structures scheduled to aid in implementation (Hundt, 2017). To enhance tourism, there is a need to ensure policies are established to tackle aspects of the regional and International Corporation, cultural heritage management, political stability, safety, and security. Other factors to be put in consideration include environmental protection, human resource development, stakeholder collaboration, legal measures, product diversification as well as marketing promotion, and development of infrastructure and tourism facilities. These policies may, however, be used to promote various political ideologies. Countries such as Indonesia use tourism policies to raise the political image and legitimacy of the state, in turn, elevating ethnic friction between groups for social harmony. Governments have been advocating for regional cooperation (Tourist master, 2017). African countries and southeastern Asian countries have been on the forerunning for this. Examples can be the East African Community (EAC) as set by Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and Tanzania. Such joints are aimed at improving corporation at regional levels with the assumption that it will increase the probability of integration in other fields for the mutual benefit of all. The fear of marginalization though makes the full corporation of all sides in such joints carefully. Solving difference among member countries in a tourist joint board of countries will enable them to benefit from tourism, especially in the third world countries.
References
ICHRIE. (2017). Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Education (JHTE) - International CHRIE. Chrie.org. Retrieved 2 May 2017, from http://chrie.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3334
Hundt, A. (2017). Retrieved 1 May 2017, from http://wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1708-8305.1996.tb00715.x/pdf
Tourism master. (2017). The Politics of Tourism - NHTV - Master of Arts in Tourist Destination Management. NHTV - Master of Arts in Tourist Destination Management. Retrieved 1 May 2017, from http://tourism-master.com/2009/10/27/the-politics-of-tourism-2/
