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Welcome to the Caribbean Tourism Planning Policy LibGuide

Tourism plays a big role in the Caribbean’s economy, culture, and environment. This guide gives you quick access to the best resources for understanding how tourism is planned and managed across the region.

Here you’ll find:

  • Key readings on tourism policy and development.

  • Case studies highlighting real-world Caribbean examples.

  • Tools for researching sustainable tourism and community impact.

Whether you’re working on an assignment, project, or just want to explore how tourism shapes the Caribbean, this guide is here to help you get started.

UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO TOURISM PLANNING & POLICY DEVELOPMENT

 The Framework of Tourism: Towards a Definition of Tourism, Tourist, and the Tourist Industry (Article)

Tourism Policy and Planning Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (Book)

Tourism Planning Basics, Concepts, Cases (Book)

Tourism in the City Towards an Integrative Agenda on Urban Tourism (Book)

Tourism Collaboration and Partnerships: Politics, Practice and Sustainability (Book)

Collaborating to achieve corporate social responsibility and sustainability? Possibilities and problems (Article)

Sustainable Tourism Development: Balancing Economic Growth And Environmental Conservation (Article)

UNIT 2: TOURISM POLICY: STRUCTURE, CONTENT, AND PROCESS

Spatial planning and Sustainable Tourism as Basis for Developing Competitive Tourist Destinations (Article)

Tourism Destination and Management (Article)

Progress in Tourism Planning and Policy: A post-structural perspective on knowledge construction (Article)

Sustainable Tourism Development Model for Policy Formulation (Article)

Translation and Tourism Strategies for Effective Cross-Cultural Promotion (Book)

UNIT 3: TOURISM PLANNING, DEVELOPMENT, AND SOCIAL CONSIDERATIONS

Community Participation in Tourism Planning (Article)

The Role and Importance of Tourism Information System in Urban Tourism Planning (Article)

TOURISM POLICY AND PLANNING Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Book)

Tourism Planning, Development and the Territory (Book)

Tourism and the Millennium Development Goals Tourism, Local Communities and Development (Book)

Political (in)Stability and its Influence on Tourism Development (Article)

Innovative ways of Using the Tourist Potential as the Basis of Territories Development (Article)

UNIT 4: TOURISM POLICY & PLANNING ISSUES: YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW

Cultural Heritage and Tourism in the Developing World: A Regional Perspective (Book)

TOURISM POLICY (Article)

The Development and Implementation of National Tourism Policies (Article)

Just Tourism: An Ethical Framework (Article) 

Leisure and Tourism Policy and Planning (Article)

Rights and Regulation of Travel and Tourism Mobility (Article)

Complexity in tourism policies: A Cognitive Mapping Approach (Article)

Urban management, destination management and urban destination management: a comparative review with issues and examples from New Zealand (Article)

The effects of natural disasters on international tourism: A global analysis (Article)

Safety and Security in Tourism (Article)

Information Technologies and E­commerce in Education in the Sphere of Tourism and Hospitality (Article)

UNIT 5: POLITICAL AND FOREIGN POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF TOURISM CONTENT

Business Travel as an Input to International Trade (Article)

An Introduction to European Intergovernmental Organizations (Book)

Productive Development Policies in Jamaica (Article)

Critical Success Factors of a Tourist Destination in the Caribbean (Article)

Logistics and trade facilitation between CARICOM and Central America (Book)

Community Based Tourism Experiences in the Caribbean: Lessons and Key Considerations (Article)

Revisiting Urban Planning in Latin America and the Caribbean (Article)

Sustainable Tourism in the Caribbean: the Role of the Accommodations Sector (Article)

UNIT 6: AFFECTING AND INFLUENCING TOURISM POLICY

Understanding the Contemporary Caribbean (Book)

Caribbean Delight: Moving Beyond the Sustainability Discourse in Tourism (Article)

The vulnerability of Caribbean coastal tourism to scenarios of climate change related sea level rise (Article)

Public Policy Making Process and Principles (Book)

Four Perspectives on Public Participation Process in Environmental Assessment and Decision Making: Combined Results from 10 Case Studies (Article)

Political Influence (Book)

The Political Aspects of Strategic Decision Making (Book)

Political Influence Behavior and Career Success (Article)

The Mind as Conflict and Compromise Formation (Article)

Helping Friends or Influencing Foes: Electoral and Policy Effects of Campaign Finance Contributions (Article)

Cost Benefit Analysis (Article)

The Realities of Risk-Cost-Benefit Analysis (Article)

UNIT 7: PLANNING AND DEVELOPING THE HUMAN CAPITAL IN TOURISM

HRD in tourism: A role for government? (Article)

Government and Tourism (Book)

Local Government's Role in the Sustainable Tourism Development of a Destination (Article)

The corporate philanthropy and legitimacy strategy of tourism firms: A community perspective (Article)

Tourism as a Tool for Poverty Alleviation: A Critical Analysis of ‘Pro-Poor Tourism’ and Implications for Sustainability (Article)

Evaluation of the Competencies of Graduates of Higher Educational Institutions, Engaged in the Training of Personnel for Tourism and Hospitality (Article)

Educational Tourism in the Training of future Tourism Professionals (Article)

Tourism Employment: Analysis and Planning (Book)

The Future of Tourism Innovation and Sustainability (Book)

Attachment to the Home Country or Hometown? Examining Diaspora Tourism across Migrant Generations (Article)

An Investigation into Caribbean Hotel Employees’ Personality, Work Engagement, Job Satisfaction and Turnover Intentions (Article)

Talent Management Practices of Small and Medium-Size Businesses in the Cayman Islands (Article)

LABOUR MARKETS AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT IN THE CARIBBEAN* (Article)

Beyond Tourism: The Future of the Services Industry in the Caribbean (Article)

UNITE 8: SUSTAINABLE PLANNING AND POLICY FOR URBAN AND RURAL TOURISM 

Emerging Urban Spaces A Planetary Perspective (Book)

Tourism Policy in Jamaica: A Tale of Two Governments (Article)

Characteristics and Policies of CommunityBased Tourism in the Case of Jamaica (Article)

Rural Tourism Development: Tackling a Culture of Local Nonparticipation in a Postslavery Society (Article)

Caribbean tourism, local sourcing and enterprise development: Review of the literature (Article)

Financing Protected Area Management: Experiences from the Caribbean (Article)

Participation, Process Quality, and Performance of Marine Protected Areas in the Wider Caribbean (Article)

Caribbean Regional Disaster Response and Management Mechanisms:Prospects and Challenges (Article)

Regional Perspectives on Digital Disaster Management in Latin America and the Caribbean (Article)

UNIT 9: STATEGIC TOURISM PLANNING

Meeting the destination branding challenge (Book)

Strategic Plan For the Caribbean Community 2015 - 2019: Repositioning Caricom (Article)

An Evaluation of Hazard Mitigation Plan Quality in the Caribbean (Book)

Climate change adaptation planning in practice: insights from the Caribbean (Article)

Beyond community involvement: lessons from the insular Caribbean (Article)

Public Participation in Solid Waste Management in Small Island Developing States  (Article)

Stages of Tourism Economy Penetration and the Phenomenon of Overtourism on Caribbean Islands (Article)

UNIT 10: LOGISTICS, SUPPLY CHAIN AND GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION CHANNEL

Freedom of Movement in the Caribbean Community (Article)

Movement Of The People: The RelationshipBetween Black Consciousness Movements, Race,and Class in the Caribbean (Article)

Integration in the Caribbean (Article)

Synchronized Factories Juan S. Blyde Editor Latin America and the Caribbean in the Era of Global Value Chains (Article)

The Caribbean Maritime Transportation Sector: Achieving Sustainability through Efficiency (Article)

From Piracy to Transhipment: Jamaica's Journey to Become a Global Logistic Hub (Article)

Caribbean Scenarios 2050: GoLoCarSce Report (Article)

Supply Chain Collaboration in Tourism: A Transaction Cost Economics Analysis (Article)

An Integrative Framework for Collaborative Forecasting in Tourism Supply Chains (Article)