Agriculture and fishing may be among them. Yet there may be growing urban populations, young people who cannot find jobs or even if they can earn an extremely modest income. More traditional forms of securing an income may not be an option. Once, in Botswana, I visited the home of my security guard. I am sure he would have preferred a better job, a higher income.
Many development agencies view tourism as a frivolous activity.
Something that doesn't merit their support. Earlier this year I was one of a team tasked by the UK Department for International Development to look at the issue of tourism and poverty elimination. It is not a black and white answer. It depends where it is, what the alternative development options are, how it is done. Eighty per cent of the world's poor people live in one of twelve countries.