Aviation and Tourism Implications for the Caribbean. | SMN NEWS

by Professor Gavin Eccles

gavineccles12052022PHILIPSBURG:--- Aviation and Tourism are often referred to as being, ‘two-sides-of-the-same-coin’, meaning that they may differ in their vision, but one is not without the other.  Back in 2019, according to the United Nations World Tourism Organisation, there were roughly 1.4 billion tourists, of which, around half traveled by aviation.  Without good connectivity, can destinations really have tourism?

The pandemic threw back the philosophy of domestic tourists, and, new holiday experiences were coined - ‘stay-home and ‘staycations’.  The United States and China witnessed a massive surge in domestic tourism, and, during 2020, ...


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