The genesis of tourism in Barbados: further notes on the welcoming society

Auteur :
HUSBANDS, W. H.

Description :
The author proposes that in the Caribbean in general, and Barbados in particular, the development of a tourism sector in the present period does not constitute a new nor original phenomenon. Rather the tourism sector in Barbados is the inevitable outcome of a certain attitude a predisposition to welcome which always had an important social and political function. Barbados is therefore seen as a welcoming society in which, although it would seem that the inhabitants were naturally inclined towards abundant hospitality, the welcome was a product of the social superstructure and subsequently enhanced the reproduction of the social, economic, and political rigidities for Barbadian society. (MPM).


Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Caribbean Geography Kingston, 1983, vol. 1, n°. 2, p. 107-120, Références bibliographiques : 31 réf.

Date :
1983