Contributions of Community Based Tourism Enterprises

Following World War II the sector of tourism has witnessed dramatic growth with worldwide significance. Large-scale and rapid technological transformation and communication have facilitated mass mobility and long haul travel with affordable options and opportunities for people from all corners of the world to get to know each other (Mulugeta 2010). In 1950 total worldwide international tourist arrivals amounted to be just over 25 million by the start of the new millennium that figure had risen to more than 687 million and since then international tourism has continued its inexorable growth (Sharply 2009). In 2009 over 880 million international arrivals were recorded United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO 2010). International tourist arrivals hit a record 1133 million worldwide in 2014 up from 1087 million in 2013 (UNWTO 2015).