Finally, this article suggests that the principles of sustainable
tourism development have originated from and
have been developed by advanced industrial countries
that experienced the basis of the pre-industrial phase last
century, and where far better economic, legislative and
political structures are in operation than in the developing
world. Therefore, arriving at sustainable tourism
development requires re-structuring the public administration
system, and a re-distribution of power and
wealth, forwhich hard political choices and logical decisions
based on cumbersome social, economic and environmental
trade-o! are sine qua non. This cannot be
achieved within the present conditions of many
developing countries without the assistance of international
organisation.
This study proposes that future research should focus
on how international organisations including the World
Bank, International Monetary Fund, European Union,
United Nations, International Tour Operators, etc. can
have a role in implementation of the principles of sustainable
tourism development in developing countries. It
should be noted that economically advanced countries
need to protect and preserve both the environment, and
peace in the developing world since people of these countries
have already accepted cross-border holidays as part
of theirfelt-need.