- Climate Change
- COVID-19 Pandemic
- Cuba
2021 | CREST |
The Greater Caribbean region, a dispersal of nations bound together by one interior sea, provides researchers with an optimal microcosm to study the relationship between the tourism industry and today’s most pressing threats. Drawing upon trends and research throughout the Greater Caribbean, this CREST study places particular emphasis on the case of Cuban tourism. An industry historically marked by high volatility due to foreign dependence, US policy, external shocks, and limited market diversification, Cuba’s tourism industry today now faces the greatest existential threats to industry success and societal health: the COVID-19 pandemic and climate crisis. Throughout this eBook, we explore the impacts of and linkages among COVID-19, climate change, and the Cuban tourism sector.