A2 Macroeconomics: What role does tourism have in developing countries?

The International Labour Organisation (ILO) promotes rights at work to enhance social protection and promotes the dialogue between workers and employers.

In November 2010, it held a conference on the impact of tourism on developing economies. This video compares the views of those who work in tourism, and those who are the employers. Ron Oswald is the president of an international tourism workers' union. He points out that collective bargaining is important if workers in the developing country want to benefit from tourism. Ghassan Aidi represents the employers' views. Every day, ten new hotels are opened somewhere in the world. He points out that much training is being carried out by the hotels and argues that this raises the workers' standard of living.