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Last resorts : the cost of tourism in the Caribbean / Polly Pattullo.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : New York : Latin America Bureau ; Monthly Review Press, [2005]Copyright date: ©2005Edition: Second edition, updated and revisedDescription: 274 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 158367117X
  • 9781583671177
  • 1899365648
  • 9781899365647
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Last resorts.DDC classification:
  • 338.4391729 22
LOC classification:
  • G155.C35 P38 2005
Online resources:
Contents:
1. The lock and the key : history and power -- 2. Linkages and leakages : the planning factor -- 3. From banana farmer to banana daiquiri : employment -- 4. 'Like an alien in we own land' : the social impact -- 5. Green crime, green redemption : the environment and ecotourism -- 6. The holiday and its makers : the tourists -- 7. Sailing into the sunset : the cruise ship industry -- 8. Reclaiming the heritage trail : culture -- 9. New footprints in the sand : the future.
Review: "Based on extensive interviews, Last Resorts looks at the mega-industry of tourism - the cruise ships, all-inclusives, package holidays, and yacht charters - and the way in which it affects local people throughout the Caribbean. A fully revised and updated edition of the original published in 1996, this new edition includes amplified sections on sex tourism, the cruise industry, the environment and ecotourism."--Jacket.Review: "Based on extensive interviews, Last Resorts looks at the mega-industry of tourism - the cruise ships, all-inclusives, package holidays, and yacht charters - and the way in which it affects local people throughout the Caribbean. A fully revised and updated edition of the original published in 1996, this new edition includes amplified sections on sex tourism, the cruise industry, the environment and ecotourism."--BOOK JACKET.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. The lock and the key : history and power -- 2. Linkages and leakages : the planning factor -- 3. From banana farmer to banana daiquiri : employment -- 4. 'Like an alien in we own land' : the social impact -- 5. Green crime, green redemption : the environment and ecotourism -- 6. The holiday and its makers : the tourists -- 7. Sailing into the sunset : the cruise ship industry -- 8. Reclaiming the heritage trail : culture -- 9. New footprints in the sand : the future.

"Based on extensive interviews, Last Resorts looks at the mega-industry of tourism - the cruise ships, all-inclusives, package holidays, and yacht charters - and the way in which it affects local people throughout the Caribbean. A fully revised and updated edition of the original published in 1996, this new edition includes amplified sections on sex tourism, the cruise industry, the environment and ecotourism."--Jacket.

"Based on extensive interviews, Last Resorts looks at the mega-industry of tourism - the cruise ships, all-inclusives, package holidays, and yacht charters - and the way in which it affects local people throughout the Caribbean. A fully revised and updated edition of the original published in 1996, this new edition includes amplified sections on sex tourism, the cruise industry, the environment and ecotourism."--BOOK JACKET.

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