“National, regional and local public authorities will favor and encourage all forms of tourism development... tourism policies will be organized in such a way that they contribute to improving the standard of living of the population of the regions visited and respond to their needs. ...will be carried out with respect for the artistic, archaeological and cultural heritage of the people, which they must protect and transmit to future generations.”
It's too late. But better late than never. It would have to be applied in a story. And it is not that we are referring to any specific case. We are observing the global panorama of the impressive development that tourism activity has imprinted on the entire great spectrum of the movement of progress throughout the planet.
It is therefore not trivial that we insist, over and over again, on the statement of this article in order to raise awareness so that public and private rulers act under those inexorable principles that are the basis of all this development that astonishes us more every day. .
The development of the Dominican Republic or the impressive project of Indonesia, Botswana, Saudi Arabia and its Vision 2030, etc. etc They make us meditate on how unfair it is that countries with a whole arsenal of values to take advantage of for their development, find themselves immersed in the greatest indolence faced in useless political battles, with their management leaders only pending the photographs of the moment, or the boast of news and interviews in all types of media, which are almost always full of iniquitous phrases, lies or unfulfilled promises. This is what there is, and we have proof every day as soon as we go to the most useful media. necessary and reasonable, it would be for the world to be run by people of recognized solvency, preparation, experience and knowledge, loaded with patriotic merits to develop countries based on their historical principles and natural resources with the inalienable promise of enjoying the goods that we possess, without endangering the enjoyment of future generations.
“Countries are not rich because of what they have, they are rich because of what their inhabitants do with what they have”
THE DREAM OF REALITY
When we touch on these topics, we cannot avoid touching, even in passing, the index that corresponds to a hidden evil that plagues everywhere, cutting off works and putting insurmountable obstacles to the most important works, whose basis is in the absurdity of greed. , which often leaves insurmountable development projects for entire countries abandoned.
With complete satisfaction we see how the impressive advance of tourism is overwhelming and it overcomes everything that opposes it sooner rather than later, even if the fee that has to be paid is raised to the maximum.
The putting into service of airplanes that were “parked”, and even their manufacturing doomed to disappear, is an extraordinarily relevant fact that marks without any doubt the development of a sector that produces highly qualified employment in an essential part of the world, with a wide spectrum of influence due to their quality and salaries. A massive drag that reaches even the most humble sectors of global society, fully affected by the resounding social response of traveling at any cost.
Antonio-Pedro Tejera Reyes
From the UNWTO Expert Group World Tourism Organization
