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COVID-19 Policy Responses—The Tension Between Lives and Livelihoods in Tourism-Dependent Caribbean Territories

In: Managing Crises in Tourism

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  • Acolla Lewis-Cameron

    (University of the West Indies (UWI))

  • Sherma Roberts

    (University of the West Indies)

Abstract

The global tourism industry in 2020 has experienced unprecedented loss due to the COVID-19 pandemic unlike any other period of its growth and development. All major international tourism organizations are referring to 2020 as a period of unprecedented disruption and massive decline in global tourism arrivals, export earnings from tourism and related employment. For tourism-dependent states, the fundamental challenge is the tension between protecting lives and livelihoods. The COVID-19 pandemic reveals important lessons that can be learned regarding the resilience of island tourism systems. It is with this in mind that this chapter employs document analysis to comparatively analyze the responses to the pandemic of six (6) tourism-dependent islands, namely, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, St. Kitts and Nevis, The Bahamas, Antigua & Barbuda and St. Lucia. These island states all exhibit on average a high dependence on tourism as characterized by GDP contribution and export earnings from tourism. The chapter further proposes destination resilience considerations for tourism-dependent islands in this new operating environment.

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  • Acolla Lewis-Cameron & Sherma Roberts, 2021. "COVID-19 Policy Responses—The Tension Between Lives and Livelihoods in Tourism-Dependent Caribbean Territories," Springer Books, in: Acolla Lewis-Cameron & Leslie-Ann Jordan & Sherma Roberts (ed.), Managing Crises in Tourism, chapter 0, pages 271-288, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-030-80238-7_13
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-80238-7_13
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