Climate Change and Small Island Tourism: Policy Maker and Industry Perspectives in Barbados

Case 2: Tourism Policy

Climate Change and Small Island Tourism:
Policy Maker and Industry Perspectives in Barbados

Table of Contents

Introduction 3
Summary of the article 4
Discussion of the policies 6
Is the article prescriptive or descriptive? 6
What are the policies developed, described or evaluated? 6
Opinion about these policies 8
Concepts/theories 10
Conclusion 12
Appendix 13
Climate Change and Small Island Tourism: Policy Maker and Industry Perspectives in Barbados 13
References 14

Introduction

“Life didn`t begin in Barbados. It was just perfected here” (Barbados Tourism Authority, 2010).

This report is based on the article “Climate Change and Small Island Tourism: Policy Maker and Industry Perspectives in Barbados”. The purpose of the report is to introduce policies concerning the Barbados Island, to compare them to theories in order to outline the similarities and connection. Therefore, it was necessary to find an article which deals with the topic tourism policy, discuss the content of it with special focus on the mentioned policies which will be related to the literature.

First of all, the chosen article “Climate Change and Small Island Tourism: Policy Maker and Industry Perspectives in Barbados” will be summarized to get a better overview about its content. The next point is a discussion of the policies mentioned in the article. Therefore, it will be explained if the article is written in a prescriptive or descriptive way, followed by mentioning the policies that are named in the article including a short description of them.
Furthermore, an own opinion about the policies of all three group members will be given and supported by relevant arguments. In addition, the policies will be connected to the provided literature and corresponding lecture, as well as the theories are going to be connected to the theories. Finally, a conclusion will be

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