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spelling okr-10986-96642021-04-23T14:02:46Z The Tourism Sector in Madagascar Thornton Christie, Iain ACCOMMODATION UNITS ANTI-CORRUPTION BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT COASTAL ZONE CONSERVATION CULTURAL RESOURCES DEFORESTATION ECONOMIC GROWTH ECOTOURISM FISHING GROWTH OF TOURISM HOTELS IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM INTERNATIONAL TOURISM LAND ACQUISITION LEARNING LOCAL TOUR OPERATORS NATURAL BEAUTY NATURAL RESOURCE POOR TOURISM SERVICE SECTORS SOCIAL INCLUSION STAKEHOLDERS SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER TOURISM TOURISM ASSETS TOURISM COUNCIL TOURISM DEMAND TOURISM INDUSTRY TOURISM OPERATIONS TOURISM SATELLITE ACCOUNT TOURISM SECTOR TOURIST TOURIST AREAS TOURISTS WORLD TOURISM WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION Madagascar has an impressive array of biodiversity, natural beauty and cultural resources to support tourism. The world's fourth largest island, Madagascar is home to many species found nowhere else on the planet, among them 30 species of lemur - currently the main tourist attraction. Madagascar's nearly 5,000 km of coastline is coupled with a continental shelf equal to 20 percent of the island's land area which presents numerous opportunities for developing resort-based tourism to complement eco-tourism. 2012-08-13T09:13:42Z 2012-08-13T09:13:42Z 2005-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/6206298/tourism-sector-madagascar http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9664 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 250 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Madagascar
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topic ACCOMMODATION UNITS
ANTI-CORRUPTION
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
COASTAL ZONE
CONSERVATION
CULTURAL RESOURCES
DEFORESTATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECOTOURISM
FISHING
GROWTH OF TOURISM
HOTELS
IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM
INTERNATIONAL TOURISM
LAND ACQUISITION
LEARNING
LOCAL TOUR OPERATORS
NATURAL BEAUTY
NATURAL RESOURCE
POOR TOURISM
SERVICE SECTORS
SOCIAL INCLUSION
STAKEHOLDERS
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TOURISM
TOURISM ASSETS
TOURISM COUNCIL
TOURISM DEMAND
TOURISM INDUSTRY
TOURISM OPERATIONS
TOURISM SATELLITE ACCOUNT
TOURISM SECTOR
TOURIST
TOURIST AREAS
TOURISTS
WORLD TOURISM
WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION
spellingShingle ACCOMMODATION UNITS
ANTI-CORRUPTION
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
COASTAL ZONE
CONSERVATION
CULTURAL RESOURCES
DEFORESTATION
ECONOMIC GROWTH
ECOTOURISM
FISHING
GROWTH OF TOURISM
HOTELS
IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM
INTERNATIONAL TOURISM
LAND ACQUISITION
LEARNING
LOCAL TOUR OPERATORS
NATURAL BEAUTY
NATURAL RESOURCE
POOR TOURISM
SERVICE SECTORS
SOCIAL INCLUSION
STAKEHOLDERS
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
TOURISM
TOURISM ASSETS
TOURISM COUNCIL
TOURISM DEMAND
TOURISM INDUSTRY
TOURISM OPERATIONS
TOURISM SATELLITE ACCOUNT
TOURISM SECTOR
TOURIST
TOURIST AREAS
TOURISTS
WORLD TOURISM
WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION
Thornton Christie, Iain
The Tourism Sector in Madagascar
geographic_facet Africa
Madagascar
relation Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 250
description Madagascar has an impressive array of biodiversity, natural beauty and cultural resources to support tourism. The world's fourth largest island, Madagascar is home to many species found nowhere else on the planet, among them 30 species of lemur - currently the main tourist attraction. Madagascar's nearly 5,000 km of coastline is coupled with a continental shelf equal to 20 percent of the island's land area which presents numerous opportunities for developing resort-based tourism to complement eco-tourism.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Thornton Christie, Iain
author_facet Thornton Christie, Iain
author_sort Thornton Christie, Iain
title The Tourism Sector in Madagascar
title_short The Tourism Sector in Madagascar
title_full The Tourism Sector in Madagascar
title_fullStr The Tourism Sector in Madagascar
title_full_unstemmed The Tourism Sector in Madagascar
title_sort tourism sector in madagascar
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/05/6206298/tourism-sector-madagascar
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