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To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (14866)	5/27/2002 8:15:40 AM
From: goldsnow	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

For all we know, once you've put aside the Palestinian/Israeli conflict and the Pashtuns' liberation struggle in Afghanistan and Kashmir, we're left with a rather peaceful Muslim world >>>>> I would let this nonsense again to speak for itself (your credibility) Civil War in Sudan, where thousands of Black Christians are killed regularly or enslaved have nothing to do with Moslems? Kurds strugle? Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood? Recent Events in East Timor? Hundreds of Chinese killed in Indonesia couple of years ago? Chechens are of what religion? Azeris? Paks did not kill Shiites regularly? (And recently Christians as well in their own country, never mind Hindu-Moslem killing each other far away from Kashmir....Phillipines and Moslem "freedom fighters" did not take Western Hostages?, Algeria is Christian Country? Sunnies and Shiites all over Moslem World are trying to resolve their love for one another by peacefull means? Did you mention Malaysia? Is that only Moslem country that left unaffected by Moslem brand of craze?

To: GUSTAVE JAEGER who wrote (14866)	5/27/2002 8:21:36 AM
From: goldsnow	Respond to of 23908

Tourism’s other myths Tourism development has proven a relative success in advancing macroeconomic growth. I would argue, though, that is because other development options seemed less feasible or more risky. The hard currency tourism brings in has made it so key to national economies it ranks now with issues of national security. I don’t suggest ending the promotion of tourism, but argue we should take a hard look at its effects and how it might be controlled and reshaped. As we noted above the need for job creation is a major pressure facing many Arab states. But tourism, as it is now structured, does not usually promote the jobs and skills these economies need to be creating. Tourism’s seasonality makes most jobs, in and out of hotels, temporary in nature. Nevertheless, the draw of this quick money has emptied large sections of agricultural land of its work force. The full-time work is generally not high paying. As cause or effect of this the skill levels of the vast bulk of workers in the sector is very low as is their level of education (most workers have minimal education). In a places like Tunisia the numbers show that very few workers have any real training, the tourism trade schools can only put out a tiny fraction of the workers needed each year. (The situation is better in Morocco, though.) The truth is that the number of directly employed is still not very large as a share of total employment and most of the rest supported by tourism are effectively in the informal sector. It would be a mistake, though, to assume that this sector should then be viewed as a match for the less educated sections of the populations. Instead we should view this along with one of the most common complaints from Western tourists which is that they feel constantly harassed by unofficial or false guides, who might offer an assortment of dubious services or simply tag on to you and seek to extract a commission from the shop owners on tourist purchases. More than anything this situation exposes the high unemployment rates in areas such as Fez and Marrakech where there are little for the young men to, while at the same time being exposed to conspicuous consumption by Western tourists. And the effects may go deeper. A Tunisian tourism consultant lamented to me the startling disparities in school attendance rates in the Hammamet area of Tunisia, a major tourism zone. It appears that boys were dropping out or not attending school in great numbers drawn by the lure of making money off tourists. Thus these boys are limiting their education and long term job opportunities. This consultant remarked further that he feared it may lead to exacerbating gender conflicts within the community. web.mit.edu