TOURISM DEVELOPMENT ETHICS IN THE THIRD-WORLD

The origins of ethical concern about tourism development in the Third World are traced in both the sociology of development and environmenta l ethics literature. New secular and religious writings single out the traveler and the tourism industry as objects of ethical concern. This paper presents a preliminary overview of the growing ''responsible to urism'' and travel ethics literature and explores the significance of anti-tourism activity in the Indian State of Goa. In conclusion, a thr ee-part grouping into Third World development ethics, tourism industry ethics, and personal travel ethics categories is suggested.