Achieving Environmentally Sustainable Tourism in the OECS Sub-Region

• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 508.3 Treatment by areas, regions, places in general; by specific continents, countries, localities in ancient world
• Thông tin xuất bản: Washington, DC, 2013
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 245654
• Chủ đề: 1. DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE; 2. HIV VIRUSES; 3. ORGANIZATION OF EASTERN CARIBBEAN STATES; 4. REGIONAL INTEGRATION; 5. SOCIOECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Tóm tắt

 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.