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 accounted for approximately 2.5 million jobs or 15.5 per cent of total employment in 2001, and contributed 5.8 per cent (or US$9.2 billion) to the region's Gross Domestic Product (GDP). By 201 1, tourism is expected to ...
... tourism product in the Caribbean - which may be considered typical of warm-weather/mass tourism destinations - has been sun, sand and sea. Several events in the 1950s and 1960s facilitated the development of conventional mass tourism in ...
... tourism for economic success has led to calls for economic and cultural dependency (e.g. Erisman 1983). In fact, in the early 1970s Bryden (1973) warned that the overall economic costs of providing the tourism product may outweigh any ...
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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 |