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)
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)
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)
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)
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)