tourism can of course pose a risk to the natural and cultural resources of local communities it is thus imperative that the development of tourism should include local communities from an early stage as identified for example in the united nations educational scientific and cultural organization tourism culture and development in west africa programme united nations educational scientific and cultural organization for instance the production of handicrafts requires traditional knowledge and local materials but comparatively little finance or infrastructure similarly the tourism sector has much demand for traditional music and tours of local areas which depend on traditional knowledge and skills