tourism sectors are trying to augment and offer more than the traditional “sea, sun and sand” concept which, until recently …, has formed the core of the tourism product. Hotels have also not responded satisfactorily to the demands of customers …

Describes some of the characteristics and possibilities for improving the Croatian tourism industry. The main … quality of service and utilization of the Croatian tourism and hotel industry. To bring about change, modern management …

As emergent tourism destinations, the Guianas are new players in a game in which rules have been agreed, strategies … indigenous tourism, development of that form of tourism is not possible without the articulation and implementation of …. This paper explores the key challenges in the path of the development of indigenous tourism and suggests clear policy …

This paper argues that tourism development in Belize should avoid going the traditional mass tourism route of most … identifies a number of limiting and facilitating factors to tourism development. These facilitating factors recommend the … alternative model. Specifically, the alternative model includes nature, education and community tourism; and a type of cruise …

Features a realistic perspective of the current hospitality and tourism paradigm in Cuba. Previews the newly released … hospitality and tourism education strategy to be rolled out in 2003. Provides an evaluation of the tourism and hospitality … the most mystical tourist destinations in the world with a phenomenal growth rate during recent years. The new tourism …

tourism employees impacts on the quality of a country’s tourism industry. As the most tourism‐oriented region globally, the … Caribbean is slowly awakening to the realisation that, unless its tourism employees are highly educated and skilled, the region … will continue to account for an insignificant percentage of world tourism arrivals. In Grenada, hospitality education …

Tourism is the mainstay of the Caribbean and the attitude of the people in the region may have a significant impact on … the success of the industry. This paper analyzes the way in which tourism authorities of three Caribbean destinations have … internally marketed tourism to their host populations in order to encourage the desired attitudinal expressions. A matrix of five …

‐inclusives are here to stay in the Caribbean and will play a major role in tourism for the foreseeable future.  …

issue by assessing the perception of managers in the Jamaican tourism industry on this topic. A major finding was that …

Introduces a new concept, performance of tourism (POT) analysis as a tool for measuring the performance of tourist … destinations. Comments on the Caribbean region’s overdependence on tourism, and examines the scope of foreign exchange leakage …. Tourism in the Caribbean generally grows faster than the world average. Often the success of tourism is measured from the …