CEPAL Review no.104

Revista CEPAL no.104

Tourism Revenues Represent over 30% of GDP in Some of the Region's Countries

(18 March 2011) The island of Saint Lucia receives annual tourism revenues in excess of 31% of its gross domestic product (GDP), while in Bahamas and Antigua & Barbuda tourists spend the equivalent of 29% of these countries' GDP. These three Caribbean nations top the list for the share of inbound visitor consumption in the region, according to data published today by ECLAC in its publication Latin America and the Caribbean: macroeconomic indicators for tourism (Cuadernos estadísticos de la CEPAL Nº 39). The tourist sector plays a crucial role in many of the region's economies, in terms of …

Ingresos por turismo representan más de 30% del PIB para algunos países de la región

(18 de marzo, 2011) La isla de Santa Lucía recibe al año ingresos por turismo que superan 31% de su producto interno bruto (PIB), mientras que en las Bahamas y Antigua y Barbuda los turistas gastan el equivalente a 29% del PIB de esos países. Estas tres naciones del Caribe encabezan el ranking de participación de consumo turístico receptor en la región, según cifras dadas a conocer hoy por la CEPAL en su publicación América Latina y el Caribe: indicadores macroeconómicos del turismo (Cuadernos estadísticos de la CEPAL Nº 39). El sector turístico juega un papel crucial en muchas economías de la…

América Latina y el Caribe: indicadores macroeconómicos
del turismo

El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar una propuesta metodológica que posibilite el cálculo sistemático de algunos indicadores económicos utilizados en el análisis del turismo. La Organización Mundial del Turismo de Nacionales Unidas y la División de Estadística y Proyecciones Económicas de la CEPAL están llevando a cabo un proyecto de construcción de indicadores para el análisis macroeconómico del turismo a nivel mundial, con series de tiempo anuales desde 1980 y trimestrales a partir del año 2000. Los indicadores que se presentan en este cuaderno han sido concebidos como elementos que, e…

Caribbean trade and integration: trends and future prospects

This paper analyses recent trends and future prospects in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), an incomplete customs union of 15 States in the Caribbean that includes most English speaking countries in the region plus Haiti and Suriname. In these small economies, the promotion of exports is of utmost importance, as in the medium term these are the only means to pay for the import of capital goods, intermediate inputs and technology necessary to build up their economic infrastructure. This study reviews first the progress made with reforms to complete the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) …

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…

La inversión extranjera directa en América Latina y el Caribe 2008

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An econometric study of the determinants of tourism competitiveness in the Caribbean

Tourism life cycle, tourism competitiveness and upgrading strategies in the Caribbean

In the 1980s Butler adapted the life cycle product model to the tourism industry and created the “Tourism Area Life Cycle (TALC) model”. The model recognizes six stages in the tourism product life cycle: exploration, investment, development, consolidation, stagnation and followed, after stagnation, by decline or revitalization of the product. These six stages can in turn be regrouped into four main stages. The Butler model has been applied to more than 30 country cases with a wide degree of success. De Albuquerque and Mc Elroy (1992) applied the TALC model to 23 small Caribbean island States i…

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 …

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 …

The ECLAC associate member countries: meeting challenges and new opportunities of globalisation

This paper will examine development challenges and new opportunities arising out of globalization in the tourism and financial services sectors, respectively in the ECLAC associate member countries.…

Promoting economic links between the integration schemes of Latin America and the Caribbean: a CARICOM perspective on selected issues

Indicadores económicos del turismo

El objetivo de este trabajo es presentar una propuesta metodológica que posibilite realizar un cálculo sistemático de algunos indicadores económicos básicos utilizados en el análisis del turismo. Estos indicadores se concibieron como elementos que, a falta de cuentas satélites del turismo, permitieran dimensionar la importancia económica del sector en los países latinoamericanos, como asimismo, algunas de sus características más importantes desde la perspectiva de la oferta y la demanda. El trabajo que se da a conocer en estas páginas forma parte de un amplio proyecto coordinado conjuntamente …

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