Acolla Cameron

University of the West Indies, St. Augustine | UWI · Department of Management Studies

For the islands of the Caribbean, tourism is more than an industry to be managed. Significantly, it is a socioeconomic phenomenon that if managed effectively can address some of the challenges facing the region. Tourism higher education plays a critical role in preparing graduates to shape an improved Caribbean tourism society and in performing res...

Based on the need to break away from dependency on primary commodity exports and their fluctuating prices and the existence of only a few natural resources, many Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have sought to diversify their economies to tourism development. International mass tourism has thus become particularly im...