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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... importance of tourism as an alternative economic development strategy. Many island states in the Caribbean are particularly vulnerable to global economic volatility due to a reliance on world markets for various produced goods (Payne ...
... importance of tourism in the region, the tangible benefits of tourism have come under intense scrutiny (e.g. Archer and Davies 1984; Wilkinson 1989). At issue, in the first instance, is whether the economic benefits of tourism are ...
... important to set forward a geographic definition of the Caribbean that will be followed throughout this book. Those island states considered can perhaps best be referred to as the 'insular Caribbean'. In other words, of interest are ...
... important source of income for many island states. In the past four to five decades, arrowroot, sugar cane, coconut, indigo, spices and tobacco have been cultivated. While agricultural production continues to be important to the ...
... important export commodity, particularly in the Windward Islands (Commonwealth Secretariat 2001). In the 1990s, however, the ability of some islands to effectively produce banana crops for export to the European Union was threatened by ...
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 |