Rethinking Caribbean Tourism Education
Tourism Education: Global Issues and Trends
ISBN: 978-1-78350-997-3, eISBN: 978-1-78350-998-0
Publication date: 23 September 2015
Abstract
For the islands of the Caribbean, tourism is more than an industry to be managed. Significantly, it is a socioeconomic phenomenon that if managed effectively can address some of the challenges facing the region. Tourism higher education plays a critical role in preparing graduates to shape an improved Caribbean tourism society and in performing research. Over the years, its tourism education has been framed by “Western models” that have not taken sufficient account of the Caribbean reality. The focus of this chapter is to define Caribbean education and to propose a tourism higher education strategy for the implementation in part of this education.
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Citation
Lewis-Cameron, A. (2015), "Rethinking Caribbean Tourism Education", Tourism Education: Global Issues and Trends (Tourism Social Science Series, Vol. 21), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 81-97. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1571-504320150000021004
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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