Pandemics, Disasters, Sustainability, Tourism
An Examination of Impact on and Resilience in Caribbean Small Island Developing States
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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.
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
Ian Bethell-Bennett is an Associate Professor in the School of English and Adjunct Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of The Bahamas, Nassau, The Bahamas.
Sophia A. Rolle is an Associate Professor and Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Business, Hospitality and Tourism Studies at the University of The Bahamas, and an Independent Tourism Consultant, Nassau, The Bahamas.
Jessica Minnis is a Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of The Bahamas, Nassau, The Bahamas.
Fevzi Okumus is the Central Florida Hotel and Lodging Association (CFHLA) Preeminent Chair Professor within the Hospitality Services Department at the University of Central Florida’s Rosen College of Hospitality Management, U.S.A.