Hayakawa, TatsujiRivero, MonicaMaria Solo, Tova2012-08-132012-08-132008-11https://hdl.handle.net/10986/10268As discussed in Hawkins and Mann (2007), the World Bank dropped its engagement in the tourism sector during the 1980s after twenty years of financing Bank's tourism projects which included infrastructure for resort sites, lines of credit for hotels, training, and some investment in hotels and other tourism related projects. At the time, World Bank lending for tourism in Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) was just above US$350 million. After the tourism department closed in the late 70s, some projects supporting tourism continued, but total lending fell to US$150 million by the mid-80s. It had reached a low of US$50 million by the mid-90s. However, in the mid-90s the trend started reversing itself and by 2007 lending for tourism grew to US$175 million, and is expected to pass the $350 million dollar mark during 2008-09. The World Bank's renewed interest in tourism derives from its direct and indirect roles in reducing poverty and achieving the United Nations millennium development goals. Tourism is currently estimated to contribute around 10 percent of global gross domestic product (GDP) nowadays (Brida et al, 2007) and to be the largest contributor to employment worldwide. Thus tourism can impact positively on local economic development (LED) and, in turn, can lead to poverty reduction in destination communities and countries.CC BY 3.0 IGOADVENTURE TOURISMARCHEOLOGYARCHITECTURAL INTERESTBANK LENDINGBANKING SECTORBASICCARIBBEAN COASTCITIESCOMMERCIAL BANKCOMMUNITY BASED TOURISMCOMMUNITY TOURISMCONSERVATIONCONSERVATION INTERNATIONALCREDIT PROGRAMCREDIT PROGRAMSCRUISECRUISE SHIPSCULTURAL HERITAGECULTURAL TOURISMCULTURAL TOURISM DEVELOPMENTCULTURAL UNDERSTANDINGDEVELOPMENT BANKDONOR RESOURCESECO-TOURISMECONOMIC ACTIVITIESECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC GROWTHECOTOURISMEMPLOYMENTENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENTENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATIONENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITYFINANCIAL SERVICESFINANCIAL SUPPORTFISHINGHANDICRAFTSHERITAGE PROTECTIONHISTORIC CITYHOLIDAYSHOST CITYHOTELSHUMAN CAPITALINDIGENOUS COMMUNITYINDIGENOUS CULTURESINITIAL FUNDINGLANDSCAPESLEARNINGLINE OF CREDITLINES OF CREDITLOANLOCAL HERITAGELOCAL TOURISMMICRO CREDITMICRO CREDITSMICRO-CREDITMICRO-CREDITSMICRO-ENTERPRISESMICRO-FINANCEMICRO-FINANCE INSTITUTIONMUNICIPAL TOURISMMUNICIPALITIESNATIONAL PARKPROFITABILITYQUALITY OF LIFERESORTRESPONSIBLE TOURISMRURAL CLIENTSSMALL BUSINESSESSOCIAL CAPITALSOCIAL RESPONSIBILITYSUSTAINABLE TOURISMTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETEMPLETOURTOUR GUIDESTOURISMTOURISM BUSINESSESTOURISM DEPARTMENTTOURISM DEVELOPMENTTOURISM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTTOURISM ENTERPRISESTOURISM ENTREPRENEURSTOURISM MARKETTOURISM PROJECTSTOURISM RESEARCHTOURISM SECTORTOURISTTOURIST DESTINATIONTOURIST DESTINATIONSTOURISTSTRADITIONAL VALUESURBAN AREASURBAN DEVELOPMENTURBAN PLANNINGVISITORVISITORSWorld Bank10.1596/10268