Even some street vendors have begun to detect that spending is ebbing, despite the tourism boom.
Nearby Andorra, a microstate sitting between Spain and France, is the only officially Catalan-speaking state in the world, and despite mass tourism, public signage tends to be only in Catalan.
Despite the tourism growth in Korea, foreign travelers remain dissatisfied with Korean restaurants.
However, despite this tourism potential, local communities have not always gained fair or substantial benefit (Norton-Griffiths et al. 2008; Thompson et al. 2009).
Despite assurances tourism revenues will benefit all Cubans, the move has stirred mixed feelings in a country that prides itself on social equality.
Despite rising tourism, Cuba's limited foreign exchange and distribution systems have slowed imports somewhat, according to John Kavulich, president of the US-Cuba Trade and Economic Council.
However, despite the tourism boom, the majority of the city's inhabitants are still poor, and as of 2010, some 20,000 households still have no access to water or electricity.
Despite decades of tourism, which has wrecked some areas, it still boasts what are undoubtedly among the best beaches in the country, if not all of Asia.
The country already attracts huge amounts of foreign capital, but little of this goes into tourism: despite the presence of foreign hotel operators, the Costa do Sauipe project is mostly locally financed.
Despite these challenges, tourism is booming in Africa, buoyed by a resurgent economy and a more digitally connected world.
