what are the realities of tourism in the developing countries ?
Franklin ADEJUWON – Chairman of the Tourism Commission of Nigeria PREAMBLE Optimism is normally a tendency to take the most hopeful view but reality is truly the state of things as they are, the actual and the truth we must all face. If you drop a frog into boiling water, it will hop out. If you place it in cool water and then heat it, the frog will boil to death . I am not too sure how correct this story is but I am just to point out that the world is already loosing its freedom by degrees simply as a result of bigotry and fanaticism, Today the world has changed and we do not know when it will come to normal Commonwealth Secretary 28 th September, 2001. Although the Tourism Summit is presently faced with the question of the dynamics of tourism and people s expectation, the reality is that how much optimistic can the world be with the present trend and threat to liberty and freedom of movement ? In the year 2000 according to World Tourism Organization Source, nearly 50 million more int
