Authors
Jackie Neblett
Consultant/Entrepreneur
Milford B. Green
Department of Geography
Social Science Center
University of Western Ontarion
London, Ontario
Canada N6A 5C2
E-mail Dr. Green
Title
Linking Development, Indigenous Entrepreneurship and Tourism,
with Special Reference to Barbados.
Abstract
Tourism had developed as the leading economic sector of many
developing peripheral regions. The economic/development
benefits that are derived from this economic activity are
not typically widely realized in these regions. Indeed, the
structure/organization of Third World tourism, based largely
on a core-periphery dependency, tends to render tourism a very
questionable development strategy as substantial portions of
the economic benefits remain in the metropolitan core or are
often repatriated. It is commonly acknowledged that
entrepreneurship is a key element in the development process.
Greater substantive indigenous entrepreneurship in the tourism
industry is likely to bring about more widely dispersed economic
benefits, as well as other development benefits such as greater
self-reliance, self-confidence, and an increased sense of well-being.
Keywords: development, indigenous entrepreneurship, tourism,
Barbados, Caribbean
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