Last resorts
Subtitle: the cost of tourism in the Caribbean
By: by Polly Pattullo.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: Monthly Review Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
Subjects: Tourism -- Economic aspects -- Caribbean Area; Tourism -- Environmental aspects -- Caribbean Area
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The lock and the key: history and power; title: Linkages and leakages: the planning factor; title: From banana farmer to banana daiquiri: employment; title: 'Like an alien in we own land': the social impact; title: Green crime, green redemption: the environment and ecotourism; title: The holiday and its makers: the tourists; title: Sailing into the sunset: the cruise ship industry; title: Reclaiming the heritage trail: culture; title: New footprints in the sand: the future.