... 2000. This shows that international tourism has grown by about 17 times when compared with the number of international tourists in 1950. Between 1965 and 1993 there was a five fold increase in the number of tourists worldwide from 110 million to over 510 million, with a slight dip in the 1980's due to the worldwide economic recession. Europe was the most popular tourist destination attracting over 60% of visitors followed by North America, with over 15%. In the 1980s tourism in developing countries accounted for only 13% of all tourism. In the 1990's, China and Eastern Europe became more popular with a slight increase of visits to Africa, East Asia, the Pacific and the middle east. b) Identify the reasons for this growth and comment on their relative importance. Until the twentieth century only rich people with lots of leisure time could afford to travel. Leisure time for most was very limited due ...

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