Part 1 - Introduction, Objectives & Methodology; Defining community based tourism
Part 2- Developments in Community based tourism; critical factors; lessons learnt; overview of critical factors
Part 3 , - Dominica case studies
Part 4 - Dominican Republic & Jamaica case studies
Part 5 - St. Lucia case studies
Part 6 : - Trinidad case studies
Part 7 - Additional information
This manual is an output of the 8th European Development Fund (EDF) Caribbean Regional Sustainable Tourism Development Programme (CRSTDP), which is a five-year (2003-2008) programme funded by the European Union.
Part 1 - Tourism and the local economy-building linkages; Bringing local producers into the supply chain; Building links with local farmers; Employing local staff
Part 2 - Involving local people in products, tours & packages; Encouraging tourists to spend in the local economy; Building neighbourhood partnerships;
Part 3 - Managing internal change for developing local linkages; Appendix
This report presents detailed profiles of 20 niche tourism markets. All of these niche markets are already available in many Caribbean countries, although their level of product development and sophistication varies. A table in Section 2 of the report shows which countries are currently offering which niche markets, whilst Section 3 describes the format of each niche market profile and also includes the profiles themselves.
The Caribbean region is prone to environmental hazards, which have major effects on both the national and regional ability to achieve overall economic development goals (ECLAC 2005). Natural hazards historically affecting the region include hurricanes, storm surges, heavy rainfall and flooding, earthquakes, drought and volcanic activity. Contemporary evidence points to future increases in extreme events in the region as a result of anthropogenic climate changes (IPCC 2007 a, b, c), with a consequent increased risk of exposure to natural hazards for populations throughout the region. It is in this context that this project seeks to identify, document and evaluate good practices that are cost effective, achievable and replicable throughout the Caribbean tourism industry and to disseminate the information, experiences and resources across all sectors and scales of activity.