Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
PART I - Background and Conceptual Context. 16
CHAPTER 1 - Introduction. 17
Acolla Lewis-Cameron. 17
CHAPTER 2 - Understanding Small Island States and Territories. 24
Acolla Lewis-Cameron. 24
CHAPTER 3 - Conceptualizing Resilience in Small Island States. 39
Sherma Roberts. 39
PART II - Environmental Resilience. 66
CHAPTER 4 - Implications for Resilience in the Cruise Tourism-Marine Protected Area Nexus in the Caribbean: The Case of St. Lucia. 67
Myrna Ellis. 67
CHAPTER 5 - Tourism Resilience in the Caribbean island of Cozumel: Best practice and high-risk areas 82
Kennedy Obombo Magio. 82
CHAPTER 6 - A Resilient Eco-Tourism Island: A case study of Dominica and its tourism recovery strategies post 2017 hurricane Maria. 96
Tenisha Brown-Williams and Amanda Charles. 96
PART III - Socio-Cultural Resilience. 115
CHAPTER 7 - Community resilience in the face of natural disaster: Puerto Rico's adventure tourism industry 116
Mechelle N. Best and Jos H. Gonz lez. 116
CHAPTER 8 - An Integrated Path towards a Resilient Tourism Sector in North-East Tobago. 131
Joanna Moses-Wothke, Aljoscha Wothke and Leslie-Ann Jordan. 131
CHAPTER 9 - Grenada: A vision of integrated technological advancements to build a resilient tourism future through youth involvement and consumer-centric service excellence. 146
Kimberly Thomas-Francois, Ye Shen & Marion Joppe. 146
PART IV - Economic Resilience. 160
CHAPTER 10 - Increasing the Resilience of Micro, Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises to Tropical Cyclones in Small Island Developing States. 161
Thalia Balkaran and David Smith. 161
CHAPTER 11 - Building Resilience by Strengthening the Link between Tourism and Agriculture: An Assessment of the Purchasing Patterns of Selected Hotels and Guesthouses in Jamaica. 181
Tolulope Bewaji, Eritha Huntley Lewis, Clive Scott and Twila-Mae Logan. 181
CHAPTER 12 - Collaborative Tourism Entrepreneurship as a Community Resilience Strategy: A Case Study of Castara, Tobago. 195
Shinelle Smith and Leslie-Ann Jordan. 195
PART V - Contemporary Landscape & Reflections. 216
CHAPTER 13 - COVID-19 Policy Responses - The tension between lives and livelihoods in tourism dependent Caribbean territories. 217
Acolla Lewis-Cameron and Sherma Roberts. 217
CHAPTER 14 - Conclusion. 232
Sherma Roberts, Acolla Lewis-Cameron and Leslie-Ann Jordan. 232
INDEX 238