Tourism and Social Exclusion in the Dominican Republic
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Tropical Blues : Tourism and Social Exclusion in the Dominican Republic
Amalia L. Cabezas Latin American Perspectives 2008 35: 21 DOI: 10.1177/0094582X08315765
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Tropical Blues Tourism and Social Exclusion in the Dominican Republic by Amalia L. Cabezas
Tourism development is the backbone of many Caribbean economies, and its advocates argue that it contributes to sustainable development, the alleviation of poverty, and integration into the globalized economy. Scholars and activists, in contrast, point to tourism-related ecological deterioration, profit leakage, distorted cultural patterns, rising land values, and prostitution. They suggest that tourism perpetuates existing disparities, fiscal problems, and social tensions. Examination of tourism development in the Dominican Republic indicates that it deskills and devalues Dominican workers, marginalizing them from tourist development and sexualizing their labor. The majority of people are relegated, at best, to positions of servitude in low-paid jobs in the formal sector, unemployment, or unstable activities in the informal sector that include the commoditization of sexuality and affective relations. Keywords: Tourism, Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Capitalism, Social exclusion
In A Small Place, the Caribbean writer Jamaica
Tropical Blues : Tourism and Social Exclusion in the Dominican Republic
Amalia L. Cabezas Latin American Perspectives 2008 35: 21 DOI: 10.1177/0094582X08315765
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Tropical Blues Tourism and Social Exclusion in the Dominican Republic by Amalia L. Cabezas
Tourism development is the backbone of many Caribbean economies, and its advocates argue that it contributes to sustainable development, the alleviation of poverty, and integration into the globalized economy. Scholars and activists, in contrast, point to tourism-related ecological deterioration, profit leakage, distorted cultural patterns, rising land values, and prostitution. They suggest that tourism perpetuates existing disparities, fiscal problems, and social tensions. Examination of tourism development in the Dominican Republic indicates that it deskills and devalues Dominican workers, marginalizing them from tourist development and sexualizing their labor. The majority of people are relegated, at best, to positions of servitude in low-paid jobs in the formal sector, unemployment, or unstable activities in the informal sector that include the commoditization of sexuality and affective relations. Keywords: Tourism, Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Capitalism, Social exclusion
In A Small Place, the Caribbean writer Jamaica
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