Tourism in the Caribbean: Trends, Development, ProspectsDavid Timothy Duval The Caribbean is one of the premier tourist destinations in the world. Changes in travel patterns, markets and traveller motivations have brought about considerable growth and dramatic change to the region's tourism sector. This book brings together a high calibre team of international researchers to provide an up-to-date assessment of the scope of tourism and the nature of tourism development in the Caribbean. Divided into three parts, the book:
A valuable resource for students of tourism and Caribbean studies, as well as governments, and national and regional tourism offices, this topical volume brings together excellent contributions to assess and analyze the state of the Caribbean tourism; past, present and future. |
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... Tourism Organization (CTO) 2002a) (Table 1.1). Despite the economic significance of tourism in the region, however, concerns over the degree of dependency created are often raised (Bryden 1973; Erisman 1983). Holder (1988) has even ...
... Tourism Organization includes destinations which may not intuitively be considered as part of the region itself. For example, when reporting visitor arrivals for the region as a whole, the Caribbean Tourism ... (CTO 2002a). In 2000 the ...
... (CTO 2002a). External influences Not unlike other destinations around the world, Caribbean tourism is particularly ... Tourism Organization 2002b). Previous declines were attributed to the oil crisis in the early 1970s, the global ...
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Contents
the invention of Caribbean islands | 23 |
Global perspectives of Caribbean tourism | 39 |
meaning | 59 |
Caribbean tourism policy and planning | 81 |
Institutional arrangements for tourism in small | 99 |
Historic sites material culture and tourism in | 136 |
cruise ships in the Caribbean Sea | 152 |
Manifestations of ecotourism in the Caribbean | 172 |
problems | 205 |
operating realities | 218 |
What makes a resort complex? Reflections on the production | 235 |
gender responses | 257 |
new geographic spaces for tourism | 273 |
Future prospects for tourism in the Caribbean | 287 |
Index | 300 |
Tourism environmental conservation and management | 187 |