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CHAPTER-II REVIEW OF LITARATURE 8 CHAPTER II REVIEW OF LITERATURE 2.1 Tourism a d developme t. According to Boz (200), tourism industry generates substantial economic benefits to both host countries and tourists’ home countries. Tourism primarily helps a country to earn foreign exchange and to pay for their imports and to repay foreign debt. Additionally, it provides j obs to local people especially to semi-skilled youths. Tourism is relatively labour intensive industry, employees diversified skills from accountants and hair dressers to tour guides and tracker. Number of scholars viz. Lanza, Temple and Urga (315), Samimi, Sadeghi, and Sadeghi (28) and Fayissa, Naiah, and Tadasse (1), Nyaupane, Morais, and Dowler (1383) advocated tourism for its developmental impact on the economy. United Nation World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) argued that tourism is equally important for the economy of a country like oil exports, food products or automobiles. It has become one of the maj or players in international commerce. Accordingly, it is the main income source for many developing countries. Tourism has become a significant source of foreign exchange revenues for many countries of the region, including some least d