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Industrial upgrading and diversification to address competitiveness challenges in the Caribbean: The case of tourism

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Industrial upgrading and diversification to address competitiveness challenges in the Caribbean: The case of tourism

Autor: Hendrickson, Michael - Skerrette, Nyasha Descripción física: 85 páginas. Editorial: ECLAC Fecha: Enero 2020 Signatura: LC/TS.2019/119

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This study analyses the efforts that The Bahamas, Belize and Saint Kitts and Nevis are making to upgrade and diversify their tourism sectors to increase its contribution to inclusive growth. Generally, the study finds that the countries have been making efforts to upgrade and diversify the sector, but this has been affected by resource and institutional constraints. The study proposes key recommendations for strengthening upgrading and diversification.

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Abstract .-- Introduction .-- I. Literature review .-- II. Methodology .-- III. The performance of the tourism sector in the wider Caribbean and the selected countries .-- V. Social upgrading in tourism in the selected countries .-- VI. Environmental upgrading .-- VII. Diversification in the tourism sector in the selected countries .-- VIII. Results of the survey of tourism operators and policymakers .-- IX. Recommendations for enhancing upgrading and diversification in tourism
in the selected countries.