The case for the promotion of tourism in poor mountain economies is made on several grounds. At the macro-level the most obvious, and often the first cited ground, is the earning of foreign exchange to strengthen the import capacities of the economies to support the development process. Tourism almost everywhere is credited with a significant expansion in direct employment in the service sector related to hospitality 350 and the travel trade and indirect employment in related sectors. Thus, generation of income and employment through tourism is an important reason for the promotion of tourism. Tourism can also have multiplier effects on the economy and create backward and forward linkages in the production system. This has the potential to contribute to diversification of the production system from one based on subsistence needs to one based on specialisation and exchange. In situations where remoteness and inaccessibility as well as diversity in the natural and cultural landscape