Tourism : the driver of change in the Jamaican economy /
edited by Kenneth O. Hall and Rheima Holding.
- Kingston, Jamaica : Ian Randle, 2006.
- xxxix, 419 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Tourism as the driver of change in the Jamaican economy / Vision of tourism for Jamaica / Challenges and opportunities in the tourism sector / All-inclusive concept : improving benefits to the Jamaican economy / Rapporteur's notes / Promoting health as a part of the tourism product / Time-sharing in Jamaica : challenges and prospects / Community planning and development : bringing tourism to the people / EP/Small hotels : prospects for the future / Challenges to growth in the Caribbean tourism industry : the education and training of our tourism workforce / Tourism and the capital city : the sociological impact / Tourism is now the global leader : are we making the most of it? / Edward Seaga -- Wykeham McNeil -- Edmund Bartlett -- Paul Pennicook -- Claremont Kirton -- Henry Lowe -- Patrick Lynch -- Karl Hendrickson -- Anne Crick -- Karen Ford-Warner -- Barry Chevannes -- Allen Chastanet. Creative branding and transportation : a success strategy for Caribbean airlines / Liberalization and GATS: implications for tourism / Travel agents and reservation system : the impact of technology and the Internet / HIV and transportable diseases : impact on the tourism sector / Crime and violence in the tourism sector : perception and reality / Attitudes, beliefs and customs : assets or liabilities to tourism? / From sugar to silicon via tourism : transforming the Jamaican economy Increasing the contribution of tourism to Jamaica's development / 'Welcome to Jamrock': reggae tourism and the politics of identity in Jamaica / Annotated bibliography of staff publications Jean S. holder -- Alison Stone -- Juliet E. Moss-Solomon -- Ian Boxill with Kerry-Anne Lewis, Rosemary Frey, Paul Martin, Denise Treasure, Wayne Bowen and Taromi Joseph -- Anthony Harriott -- Chandana Jayawardena -- Wesley Hughes -- Alister McIntyre -- Carolyn Cooper -- Library, The University of the West Indies, Mona.