Columnist: On average, about 70 percent of the profit from tourism in developing countries goes to foreign owners of tourist businesses  In general, as a country becomes a more established tourist destination, the proportion of revenues exported in this way increases
However, tourists can counteract this effect by obtaining accommodations and other services directly from local people
In at least some of the developing countries that are most established as tourist destinations, most of the profits from tourism go to foreign owners of tourist businesses.