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2030, equivalent to over 1 billion international

tourist arrivals.

Tourism is increasingly considered an engine

for economic development. Also, tourism is

growing fastest in the developing world. This

is of importance because it is in those regions

where governments may not have the means—

or the priorities—to regulate and enforce

legislation for environmental protection as

tourism develops. Also it is important to note

that hospitality industry is also a big consumer

of energy and a large deployed of water and

generator of waste as well. It is pertinent to

look at different aspects of hospitality and

tourism so that resource consumption can be

optimized and also impacts on environment

can be minimized. There has to be an

understanding of issues across various

divisions of hospitality and tourism sector.

Hotels constitute an important segment of

hospitality and tourism sector.

As cities get developed, the rate of

urbanization is bound to increase. There will

be migration of people from villages to urban

areas especially in emerging economies. There

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