Tourism which started as early as 18th century has since evolved with the change in technology and more importantly with globalisation. According to Levitt (1983) technology, social, economic and political developments have driven the world towards ‘global village’. Indeed MNCs such as the Hilton and McDonald’s have given consumer the variety of options to choose from and have also generated employment. Moreover hotels have benefited from access to global markets and low cost production in developing countries. However in contrast globalisation has brought no benefits for the people working in the industry according to the anti-globalist. MNCs have generated jobs but the inferior jobs are given to people of the host country with low pay. They have also argued that big corporations are destroying the environment by buildings more hotels, restaurants and airports. Nonetheless as Micklethwait and Wooldeidge states “globalisation is a savage process, but it is also a beneficial one, in which the number of winners far outnumbers that of the
Tourism which started as early as 18th century has since evolved with the change in technology and more importantly with globalisation. According to Levitt (1983) technology, social, economic and political developments have driven the world towards ‘global village’. Indeed MNCs such as the Hilton and McDonald’s have given consumer the variety of options to choose from and have also generated employment. Moreover hotels have benefited from access to global markets and low cost production in developing countries. However in contrast globalisation has brought no benefits for the people working in the industry according to the anti-globalist. MNCs have generated jobs but the inferior jobs are given to people of the host country with low pay. They have also argued that big corporations are destroying the environment by buildings more hotels, restaurants and airports. Nonetheless as Micklethwait and Wooldeidge states “globalisation is a savage process, but it is also a beneficial one, in which the number of winners far outnumbers that of the