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An analysis of the art and craft sector and its potential for sustainable tourism development in the Caribbean

Art and craft is considered to be an integral part of the tourism business, since it plays an important role as souvenirs and mementos, thereby spatially and temporarily expanding the visitor experience. It is also increasingly looked upon as an opportunity to diversify the tourism sector offerings, as well as the broader economic base. As part of the overall global creative economy, the art and craft sector has seen consistent trade growth over the past two decades, and has shown the capacity to forge even stronger linkages with the tourism sector. This paper examines the nature of this relat…

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The Hummingbird Vol.2 No.11

Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente

Ver video sobre el Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente El Día Mundial del Medio Ambiente de 2014 se celebra durante el Año Internacional de los Pequeños Estados Insulares en Desarrollo, declarado por la Asamblea General de las Naciones Unidas para fomentar la sensibilización sobre las necesidades especiales de esta coalición diversa como parte del debate mundial sobre el modo de lograr un futuro sostenible para todos. Las pequeñas naciones insulares del mundo, donde viven un total de más de 63 millones de personas, son conocidas como preciados destinos: lugares con una belleza natural extraordinari…

Regional environmental policy and sustainable tourism development in the Caribbean

Tourism began to emerge in the Caribbean from the mid-1960s, and since that time, the sector experienced consistent growth so as to make it the major economic sector in the region by the early 1990s. While several factors such as the development of air travel, and closeness to the major source markets of the United States of America contributed to the strong growth in Caribbean tourism, the region's warm weather as well as pristine natural environments comprising of beaches, coral reefs, spectacular scenery and friendly peoples have undoubtedly contributed to the development of the touris…

Climate change and challenges for tourism in Central America

Tourism has been a very dynamic activity worldwide over the last fifteen years (until the 2008-2009 economic crisis);. Some developing countries have been very active in promoting this activity and have been successful. Among these countries are several from the Central American region, where tourism accounted for more than 8% of Costa Rican and Panamanian GDP in 2006. Tourism is a very broad activity, which includes leisure, business and family visits, but statistics for this region do not allow a distinction between these categories. Some countries are more specialized in leisu…

Cambio climático y retos para el sector turismo de Centroamérica

En los 15 años anteriores a la crisis económica de 2008 y 2009, el turismo había sido muy dinámico a nivel mundial. En algunos países en desarrollo se ha promovido activamente esta área con éxito. Entre estos países se encuentran varios de Centroamérica, entre los que se destacan Costa Rica y Panamá, pues en 2008, dicha actividad generó más de 8% de sus respectivos PIB. El turismo es una categoría muy amplia, que incluye el turismo de ocio, las visitas de negocio y las familiares, pero en general las estadísticas subregionales no proveen información para estos distintos nichos de mercado…

Tourism in the Caribbean: competitiveness, upgrading, linkages and the role of public private partnerships (PPP) and public policy

The main purpose of this paper is to explore and analyze the contributions that publicprivate partnerships and public policy have made in the development of tourism in the Caribbean as tools for enhancing competitiveness in the Caribbean tourism industry. The paper explores these contributions mainly in the context of the upgrading strategies that Caribbean countries have pursued over the past 15 years or so and using the lens of the tourism value chain and tourism cluster approach. The paper also analyzes the potential roles that public-private partnerships and public policy will continue to …

Cruise ship tourism in the Caribbean: Is the tail wagging the dog?

Caribbean tourism and agriculture: Linking to enhance development and competitiveness

This study examines current trends in tourism and agriculture in Caribbean countries and the strategy for linking them in order to facilitate their future development. The tourism industry has, in the past, developed largely apart from other sectors such as agriculture. On the other hand, agriculture has developed mainly to satisfy export markets. Domestic agriculture has had limited development and has therefore been displaced to a considerable extent by food imports. The recent promotion of agriculture tourism linkages is an attempt to enhance the local value added of the tourism industry, w…

Issues and challenges in Caribbean cruise ship tourism

ECLAC Launches the Caribbean Knowledge Management Centre

Coordinación de políticas públicas para el desarrollo sostenible del sector turismo en el Perú

El turismo se ha convertido en la industria más grande del mundo y está en continuo crecimiento. De acuerdo a la Organización Mundial de Turismo, en el año 2002 se registraron 715 millones de llegadas internacionales en todo el mundo, lo que significó un incremento del 3,1 por ciento con relación al año 2001. Cifra considerable, si se tiene en cuenta que no considera los desplazamientos internos en un país (también llamadas llegadas domésticas );. La mayoría de las modalidades de turismo dependen del ambiente natural para su existencia. Estas pueden pasar de un turismo de aren…

Comercio de servicios ambientales vinculados al turismo y revisión de la sostenibilidad del turismo en tres casos de estudio

En este documento se analizan los servicios ambientales con un énfasis en su comercialización por medio del turismo. Se estudian las clasificaciones existentes sostenidas por instituciones internacionales y gobiernos de países, no siempre coincidentes, y se propone una clasificación amplia de estos servicios, considerando no sólo los creados por la actividad humana (denominados servicios ambientales humanos);, sino también los provistos por la naturaleza (servicios ambientales ecológicos);, porque ambos tipos constituyen un insumo vital para el turismo. Se plantea que el precio de los servicio…