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Cuba's Tourism ‘Boom’: a curse or a blessing?

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The recent Cuban tourism boom has attracted great interest on both the left and right because it is perceived as a threat to the island's socialist system. The question is posed as to how far the island can accommodate millions of middle-class tourists from developed capitalist countries without this eroding the socialist values that underpin the revolution. This paper argues that the prevailing views are too pessimistic and offers reasons why Cuba might be able to absorb far more tourists than it presently does without endangering the system. It concludes that Western views of Cuba's tourist expansion do not fully take into account that its planned nature within a centralised state ensures that tourism delivers benefits that outweigh the problems it creates.

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  • Stephen Wilkinson, 2008. "Cuba's Tourism ‘Boom’: a curse or a blessing?," Third World Quarterly, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 29(5), pages 979-993.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ctwqxx:v:29:y:2008:i:5:p:979-993
    DOI: 10.1080/01436590802106189
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