The hospitality industry, particularly its food-service component, is an important sector of many nations' economies. Developing nations should take steps to encourage development of hotels and restaurants. Those steps include improving training, offering tax incentives, and clearing up questions about land ownership. By the same token, restaurant and hotel operators should seek to make the best possible use of local resources, for example, by serving locally produced foods when possible. By setting up a five-year plan for tourism development, national governments can gain the advantages of international tourism. One source of development will undoubtedly be United States-based food-service chains, which are now expanding internationally. As an example, the food-service industry is an important part of the U.S. economy and with proper assistance can become vital to other nations' economies.