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"I spent a lot of time when I was President, trying to end wars, prevent killing, and promote understanding. What I have seen is that peace works better than conflict, and one of the best manifestations of it is in travel and tourism.
Referencing the Balkans conflict of the 1990s, President Clinton cited the resurgence of Croatia, which saw a 50% increase in tourism revenues in the year following the Bosnian peace agreement, and 300% growth in the decade following.
Tourism sector development and its role in economic prosperity is a long-term challenge. "I worry a great deal about the interdependent reviews of the carnival cruise ship imagination world we live in. If you look at the mounting inequality along with mourning prosperity, along with political and financial instability and the challenges we have from climate change, I think it's fair to say that the future of the 21st century has not yet been written," he said.
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reviews of the carnival cruise ship imagination According to the former US President, the potential of ancillary economic benefits generated via tourism are also often overlooked, yet provided unlimited opportunity for creativity and big-picture thinking.
"In Colombia, we met a group of women who had been literally blown out of their native villages and resettled along a river to grow spices. They decided to make Colombia the center of organic spices, so the [Clinton] Foundation reorganized their marketing and got hotels to use their products reviews of the carnival cruise ship imagination and market them, and we quadrupled their income," he said, adding, "If you do that, it embeds the industry in the local community and builds support that is more human than political."
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"I believe that by simply expanding tourism and in ways that promote sustainability, [this] reminds people of our common humanity. reviews of the carnival cruise ship imagination One of the reasons that I'm glad to be here today is because I think that just because of what you do and how you live, you will always be on the right side."
Drawing on his years in the White House, in the Q A session, David Scowsill, President CEO, World Travel Tourism Council, took the opportunity to ask President Clinton what he thought were the qualities of a good leader.
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He also used Abu Dhabi's own diversification vision as a poster child for economic growth. "Oil wealth repurposing, [is] a good example of what can be done. Here, they are trying to do intelligent things with their wealth."
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