Pandemics, disasters, sustainability, tourism : an examination of impact on and resilience in Caribbean small island developing states / edited by Ian Bethell-Bennett (University of The Bahamas, The Bahamas), Sophia A. Rolle (University of The Bahamas, The Bahamas), Jessica Minnis (University of The Bahamas, The Bahamas), and Fevzi Okumus (University of Central Florida, USA).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bethell-Bennett, Ian, editor.

Rolle, Sophia, editor.

Minnis, Jessica, editor.

Okumus, Fevzi, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tourism--Caribbean Area.

Tourism.

Natural disasters--Economic aspects--Caribbean Area.

Natural disasters.

Financial crises--Caribbean Area.

Financial crises.

Caribbean Area--Economic conditions--21st century.

Caribbean Area.

Caribbean Area--Social conditions--21st century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Place of Publication:

Bingley, UK : Emerald Publishing Limited, [2022]

Summary:

Caribbean small island developing states (SIDS) have witnessed great upheaval and change over the last decade and a half - from the global economic recession of 2008, the 2010 and 2021 earthquakes in Haiti, to hurricanes that devastated islands like Jamaica, Barbuda, Dominica and The Bahamas, volcanic eruptions, and health crises. These events are reminders of how vulnerable Caribbean SIDS are to external and internal shocks; today Caribbean SIDS are grappling with how to restart their economies and embrace a "new normal" in the wake of disasters and the sharp losses in tourism. Pandemics, Disasters, Sustainability, Tourism examines the resilience of Caribbean SIDS and their tourism industries from the perspectives of culture, economy, environment, politics, psychology, social justice, and socio-historical context. Pandemics, Disasters, Sustainability, Tourism's broad-based topics engage scholars, students, and the public in discourse regarding Caribbean SIDS' resilient Island economies that, facing calamity, implement new initiatives to forge environmentally sound policies for sustainable tourism and hospitality development.

Contents:

Introduction / I. Chester Cooper

Part I: The economic and social impacts of natural disasters and pandemics

Chapter 1. Adaptation amidst unprecedented change: The impact of covid 19 on accommodation workers in negril, jamaica / Rose-Ann Smith, Aleem Mahabir, Robert Kinlocke, and Jamie-Lee Bassan

Chapter 2. Expressions of hope(lessness): Exploring the psychosocial impacts of covid-19 on accommodation workers in negril, jamaica / Robert Kinlocke, Aleem Mahabir, Rose-Ann Smith, and Jarda Nelson

Chapter 3. The economic and social impact of hurricane dorian and covid-19 on tourism in selected islands in the bahamas / Ian Bethell-Bennett, Sophia Rolle, Jessica Minnis, and Eboni D. Adderley

Chapter 4. Community-based tourism: A pandemic resilient 'fit-for-purpose' model / Olivene Burke and Shinique Walters

Part II: Tourism resilience in natural disasters and pandemics

Chapter 5. The relevance of heritage tourism in a post-covid Caribbean economy / O. A. Carey Turnquest

Chapter 6. Tourism destination recovery, a case study of grand bahama island / Michelle McLeod

Chapter 7. Restructuring island tourism: Using the socioeconomic metabolism (sem) and multi-level perspective (mlp) as models for transitioning to sustainable island tourism / John N. Telesford

Chapter 8. Climate change in the strategic tourism planning for small islands: Key policy actors' perspectives from the bahamas / Arsum Pathak, Philip E. van Beynen, Fenda A. Akiwumi, and Kenyon C. Lindeman

Chapter 9. Management of a changing natural environment: The impact sargassum seaweed in the Caribbean using the institutional analysis and design framework / Kalim Shah and Phillip McNeil

Chapter 10. Elements of constitutional discourse and the normalization of state of exception governance in the bahamas during the covid-19 pandemic / Michael T. Stevenson

Chapter 11. An analysis of economic and political resilience strategies adopted by the bahamas as a small island development state / Sophia A. Roll

Chapter 12. When storms strike: Performing tourism, hurricanes and a pandemic in accumulation and dispossession / Ian Bethell-Bennett

Chapter 13. Normal no more: The future of tourism planning post-pandemic / Joshua Carrol

Chapter 14. Conclusion / Ian Bethell-Bennett, Sophia Rolle, and Jessica Minnis.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Bethell-Bennett, Ian Pandemics, Disasters, Sustainability, Tourism

ISBN:

9781803821054

1803821051

9781803821078

1803821078