The UNWTO has joined with eight of the world’s least developedcountries (LDCs) to assess their tourism development needs. The UN SteeringCommittee on Tourism for Development (SCTD), held in Switzerland, joined withtourism, finance and trade ministries from Benin, Burundi, Cambodia, Comoros,Lesotho, Maldives, Sao Tome and Principe and Uganda, to learn how to betterwork together to maximise the countries’ tourism potential and identify fundingsources.
“Tourism is one of the few economic sectors through whichLDCs have managed to increase their participation in the global economy,” said M