Achieving Environmentally Sustainable Tourism in the OECS Sub-Region
The tourism sector in the Eastern Caribbean continues to face major challenges in the new millennium. These include 1) continued dependence on the health of the developed economies as the primary source of tourists (Europe and the USA); 2) the low...
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| Format: | Other Environmental Study |
| Language: | English en_US |
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Washington, DC
2013
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2004/08/6078801/achieving-environmentally-sustainable-tourism-oecs-sub-region http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14410 |
| Summary: | The tourism sector in the Eastern
Caribbean continues to face major challenges in the new
millennium. These include 1) continued dependence on the
health of the developed economies as the primary source of
tourists (Europe and the USA); 2) the low value added to the
islands' economies from cruise ships, a major
sub-sector; and 3) growing competition from other Caribbean
destinations with lower hotel and labor costs. As the region
faces increased competition, the OECS sub-region will need
to develop a more diversified tourism product to stay
competitive. The study objective is to analyze and
demonstrate the importance and implications of sound
environmental management for the future of the Organization
of East Caribbean States (OECS) tourism industry, which is a
key sector in the sub-regional economy. The study will
therefore 1) review recent trends and projections in the
tourism sector in the OECS sub-region; 2) review the nature
and status of the sub-region's natural resource
endowment (natural assets) and its role in supporting
tourism development in the sub-region; and 3) assess
institutional capacity in the sub-region (at the regional
and national level) to monitor, balance, and address
existing and future growth of the tourism sector. |
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