10th Annual SEDU Conference 2006

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10th Annual SEDU Conference 2006

• Thematic Area Sustainable Tourism Development
• Research Project Title
• Greening the Caribbeans All-Inclusive Hotels
  and Cruise Tourism
• Barbados, St. Lucia Tobago
• Presented by Petal Thomas
• M.Sc. Economics Candidate
• 16 October, 2006.

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Structure of Presentation

• The Problematique Justification of the study
• Literature Review Sustainable Development,
  Sustainable Tourism Development and the
  Greening of Tourism
• Are the sub-sectors engaging in green tourism
  best practices?
• Field Research Methodology
• Current Status Future Expectations
• Summary

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Problematique

• To evaluate the extent to which the all-inclusive
  hotel and cruise tourism sub-sectors have engaged
  in green tourism best practices in the
  Caribbean region.
• Sustainable development
• Sustainable Tourism
• Green Tourism

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Justification of Study

• 1990 - 12.8m tourist arrivals of which 7.75m were
  cruise arrivals
• 1995 16.2m tourist arrivals of which 9.8m were
  cruise arrivals
• 2002 19m tourist arrivals of which 16.1m were
  cruise arrivals
• Source Caribbean Tourism Organization,
  Statistical Reports

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Justification of Study

• 1993 79 AI hotels
• 1999 210 AI hotels
• 2006 119 AI hotels by company

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Current Green Practices in Cruise Ship
All-Inclusive Tourism Sub-sectors

• All-Inclusive Hotels
• Green Globe Certification Criteria
• Environmental Social Policy
• Energy
• Water
• Solid Liquid Waste
• Air Quality Noise Control
• Resource Conservation
• Social Commitment
• Eco-system Conservation

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Current Green Practices in Cruise Ship
All-Inclusive Tourism Sub-sectors

• Cruise Ships
• The Ocean Conservation Tourism Alliance
  (partnership between Conservation International
  ICCL), 2003
• Initial priority is to focus on wastewater
  management
• Independent Science Panel which makes
  recommendations to the industry
• Installation of advanced wastewater purification
  systems on vessels (Royal Caribbean Cruise Line)
• Cruise Industry Waste Management Practices
  Procedures (International Council of Cruise Lines
  ICCL Industry Standard) Revised November 2005

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Incentives to engage in green practices

• Emphasis on reducing costs saving resources to
  minimize future cost issues
• Pressures for change in the tourism industry
• Customer demand
• Its the right thing to do
• A recognition that there is heavy reliance on the
  resources the environment provides such as
  aesthetics

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Field Research Methodology

• Countries identified are Barbados, St. Lucia
  Tobago,
• Subsequent interviews will be conducted using a
  questionnaire issued to professionals employed
  with the respective hotels (22) and cruise lines
  (4) and their clients, i.e. tourists
• Survey results
• Summary and conclusions

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Current Status and Future Expectations

• Completed the Literature Review
• Liaising with professionals in the tourism
  sub-sectors
• Compilation of questionnaire (s) for distribution
• Data collection Analysis of results

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Summary

• Problematique Justification of the study
• Current green best tourism practices
• Incentives to go green
• Research methodology
• Current Status of the Study

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