GATS implications for tourism the general agreement on trade in services and tourism.

Foreword, v -- List of abbreviations, vii -- PART I. Introduction, 3 -- 1. The General Agreement on Trade in Services: Opportunities for Tourism / Mario A. Kakabadse, 3 -- 2. Impact of GATS on Tourism / Pietro Celi, 10 -- 3. Tourism Services under GATS / Henryk Handszuh, 16 -- 4. Strategic commercial policies: a proposal aiming at increasing the participation of developing countries in international tourism markets / David Diaz, 27 -- 5. Tourism industry objectives of liberalisation / James Morrison, 33 -- 6. Obstacles to tourism trade and consumption abroad: the OECD experience / Louise Allard, 38 -- 7. Debate on safety and consumer protection, 44 -- PART II: Negotiating national commitments, 47 -- 8. A few thoughts on the tourism sector of the economy, tourism policy and liberalization of the international tourism market / Karl Koch, 47 -- 9. Case study: Kenya / G.N. Macharia, 51 -- 10. Case study: The Philippines / Evelyn B. Pantig, 56 -- 11. Case study: Turkey (in French) / Serpil Varol, 60 -- 12. Expert presentation: the need for fair trade principles in developing sustainable tourism / Anne Badger, 74 -- 13. Expert presentation: new directions for world tourism / David L. Edgell, 78 -- 14. Debate on GATS and developing countries, scope of commitments, involvement of tourism officials, case of federal states, trade policy review mechansism, 83 -- PART III. International trade of tourism services: obstacles, challenges and opportunities, 89 -- 15. GATS Implications for Tourism: Case of Hotel Operations / Michael Hirst, 89 -- Chairman, Joint Hospitality /ndustry Congress -- 16. Computer Reservation Systems: AMADEUS / Leonardo Costanzo, 91 -- 17. Promotional and Advertising Services / Robert Hollier, 94 -- 18. Expert Comment (in French and English) / 96 -- 19. Debate on Global Distribution Systems (GDS) and taxation, 98 -- PART IV. Commercial presence and movement of tourism personnel, 105 -- 20. Case study: India / K. V Eapen, 105 -- 21. The Case of the Hotel Industry / Jonathan Bodlender, 108 -- 22. Commercial Presence and Movement of Persons / Marie-France Houde, 113 -- 23. Debate on conduct of business and hotel classification systems, 116 -- PART V. Liberalization of air transport services and gats, 121 -- 24. GATS and Air Transport Services / Richard Smithies, 121 -- 25. Liberalization of Air Transport Services in the GATS / James Morrison, 127 -- Gats and regional economic integration projects, 131 -- 26. The Implications of Nafta for Tourism, 131 -- Identification of measures affecting trade in tourism services, 136 -- 27. Unctad's Database on Measures Affecting Service Trade (MAST) / Matteo Abbate, 136 -- Conclusions, 143 -- Appendices, 151.