Realm Management Traditional Economy

[Michele]

Originally Posted by benz72

Perhaps not immediate economic benefit, but I think a fair percentage or Earth's population would be less than absolutely certain about the characteristic differences of Egypt, Libya, Eritrea and Sudan if it weren't for things like pyramids.
Heck, a substantial portion of the modern Egyptian economy is from big piles of rock.
From Wiki
"Tourism is one of the leading sources of income, crucial to Egypt's economy. At its peak in 2010 the sector employed about 12% of workforce of Egypt[1] serving approximately 14.7 million visitors Egypt, and providing revenues of nearly $12.5 billion.[2] as well as contributing more than 11% of GDP and 14.4% of foreign currency revenues.[3]"

Sure - save that tourism is not a feature of "traditional economy". Certainly you can't say that today, Egypt's economy is a traditional one.
It's true that by the time of hellenism, tourists (wealthy ones) already existed, and there was a small economic effect of tourism, but I would say that by then, that part of the world was already moving beyond traditional economy.