What types of legislation are there in the Caribbean that offers
incentives to tourism investment (hotels, etc.) and what are the
overall effects (economically speaking) on the people of the country.

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Request for Question Clarification by mvguy-ga on 11 Nov 2004 06:29 PST

There are quite a few countries and territories in the Caribbean. Are
you interested in any particular one?

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 11 Nov 2004 07:03 PST

cbeanqueen-ga,

The largest tourist destinations in the Caribbean are the Dominican
Republic, Cancun, Cuba, Bahamas, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico.  Each of
these destinations receives more than a million tourist visitors every
year, primarily by air.

Wnen cruise stop-overs are also considered, The US Virgin Islands, and
the Cayman Islands are also very large destinations, receiving over a
million cruise visitors per year.


There are many different factors at work that make these destinations
particularly popular.  Government policies clearly play a role, but
there are so many different governments involved in even this short
list, it's hard to generalize about legislative policies.

If there are particular countries or regions of interest, it would
help to narrow down the focus somewhat.  But if not, we'll continue to
look for general information on laws in the Caribbean that influence
tourist investment.


Let us know what you think.

pafalafa-ga

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Clarification of Question by cbeanqueen-ga on 11 Nov 2004 09:37 PST

i am not so concerned with the larger tourist destinations as there is
always an abundance of material to be found and they already have
established tourism as their #1 money earner with hardly any
difficulty.  my focus is on the smaller islands like St.Kitts-Nevis,
St. Lucia and Barbados;  largely because they are still "new
countries", that have not yet fully moved away from their plantation
economies and seem to be returning to something that looks similar to
colonialism.