Thinking about tourism in Timor-Leste in the era of sustainable development. A tourism policy emerging from grass-roots levels

It is impossible to speak of tourism in Timor-Leste without first recalling the terrible shape of the country in 1999 –witness the many destroyed buildings still standing today- and the numerous challenges, such as the strengthening of institutions, agriculture, health, education, etc., that the State of Timor-Leste has faced since the withdrawal of the Indonesian army and the advent of the country’s independence on May 20, 2002. As in many “developing” countries, tourism in Timor-Leste appea..