Tourism-Dependent Small Islands, Inclusive Growth and the Blue Economy

Jeyacheya, Julia ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4245-9453 and Hampton, Mark P (2020) Tourism-Dependent Small Islands, Inclusive Growth and the Blue Economy. One Earth, 2 (1). pp. 8-10. ISSN 2590-3330

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Abstract

Tourism-dependent small island developing states face a number of mounting pressures, calling into question the potential for further development of the industry. We argue that, in the short to medium term, tourism is a pragmatic strategy but that islands’ tourism dependence could be mitigated by the strengthening of economic linkages and the reduction of economic leakages.