When implemented responsibly and ethically, tourism helps to protect our natural places. That means that in some areas of the world, only 20% of money spent in a destination is staying there. The phrase describes the money that is spent by a tourist in any given destination which, rather than staying in and spreading through the destination where it is spent, leaks out to other economies.Ī 2014 report from World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) cites UNEP stats which state that the approximate levels of tourism leakage are "up to 40% in India, 70% in Thailand and 80% in Caribbean countries due to factors such as foreign-owned operators, airlines, hotels and imported food and products."
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‘Tourism leakage’ is not a term often heard in coffee shop discussions about sustainable travel, but it is a common topic of research in travel academia, and alongside the carbon impact of travel, it is one of the biggest issues in the tourism industry today.
"To say that tourism can be a powerful force for good is a statement as blunt, blatant and truthful as the fact that, as a whole, the industry currently falls far short of fulfilling that positive role."
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