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This book focuses on the complex issues of tourism development,
governance and sustainability in the long-standing popular island
destination, The Bahamas, where tourism remains one of the primary
fiscal industries. The book achieves this by looking at the impacts
of mass tourism development from social, economic and environmental
perspectives; panarchy and resilience; assessing sustainability;
moving towards a blue economy; impacts of climate change and
innovative alternative tourism offerings to ensure sustainable
tourism - a welcomed but challenging essential contemporary focus
of the tourism industry. It further looks at how development,
governance and sustainability come together in the aftermath of a
recent natural disaster, hurricane Dorian, which proved to be a
strong catalyst for action, innovation and change in The Bahamas.
Given the complexity of these key concepts and The Bahamas as an
established popular tourism destination archipelago which relies so
heavily on the industry, this book offers significant insight for
other tourism regions and will therefore be essential reading for
upper-level students and academics in the field of Tourism
research.
This book focuses on the complex issues of tourism development,
governance and sustainability in the long-standing popular island
destination, The Bahamas, where tourism remains one of the primary
fiscal industries. The book achieves this by looking at the impacts
of mass tourism development from social, economic and environmental
perspectives; panarchy and resilience; assessing sustainability;
moving towards a blue economy; impacts of climate change and
innovative alternative tourism offerings to ensure sustainable
tourism - a welcomed but challenging essential contemporary focus
of the tourism industry. It further looks at how development,
governance and sustainability come together in the aftermath of a
recent natural disaster, hurricane Dorian, which proved to be a
strong catalyst for action, innovation and change in The Bahamas.
Given the complexity of these key concepts and The Bahamas as an
established popular tourism destination archipelago which relies so
heavily on the industry, this book offers significant insight for
other tourism regions and will therefore be essential reading for
upper-level students and academics in the field of Tourism
research.
Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS) have witnessed
great upheaval and change over the last decade and a half - from
the global economic recession of 2008, the 2010 and 2021
earthquakes in Haiti, to hurricanes that devastated islands like
Jamaica, Barbuda, Dominica and The Bahamas, volcanic eruptions, and
health crises. These events are reminders of how vulnerable
Caribbean SIDS are to external and internal shocks; today Caribbean
SIDS are grappling with how to restart their economies and embrace
a "new normal" in the wake of disasters and the sharp losses in
tourism. Pandemics, Disasters, Sustainability, Tourism examines the
resilience of Caribbean SIDS and their tourism industries from the
perspectives of culture, economy, environment, politics,
psychology, social justice, and socio-historical context.
Pandemics, Disasters, Sustainability, Tourism's broad-based topics
engage scholars, students, and the public in discourse regarding
Caribbean SIDS' resilient Island economies that, facing calamity,
implement new initiatives to forge environmentally sound policies
for sustainable tourism and hospitality development.
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