The Pros And Cons Of Tourism In The Caribbean

The tourism industry plays a major role in the development of culture within the Europe and the Americas, specifically the Caribbean nations. Tourism has become a major source of governmental income, employment, community development, wildlife preservation, and ultimately the rise in GDP of these countries. There are three types of tourism: domestic tourism, inbound tourism and outbound tourism. Domestic tourism is one that travels within their own country for an extended period of time at least 24 hours. In bound tourism is when a non resident of a given country travels outside of their normal environment and makes an impact of the receiving country. Lastly, outbound tourism, is when a tourist leaves their own country to visit another one. Each form of tourism has a different impact of the

A major indication of the overall benefit outweighing the cons within a society is governmental income and local employment rates within the nations. In particular, the Caribbean has seen a major boom in inbound tourism in these tropical nations. The amount of revenue generated from the receipts by destination to the Caribbean has increased by $12,000,000 since the year 1990. Generally speaking, this has such a large impact on their community because this means tourism plays a huge part in a source of income from residents and governments of the Caribbean. Another nation in the Caribbean that plays a huge role on the globe is the United States. A statistics done by United States Travel Association, “78% of all U.S. leisure travelers participate in cultural and/or heritage activities while traveling, translating to 118.4 million adults each year” (Hargrove). This means that while tourists are traveling they likely attend art museums, cultural events, music festivals, historical sites, and different ethnic