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it Vio Ap qz 40n, 6 1% ---------- FILE cc py Public Disclosure Authorized Repc,rt No. I i, q'i t I P, E A. i -Y PluthOV: WORLD T_AN Ext. Utp NOVEMBER 1974 a b go Public Disclosure Authorized oz, 4, ig, AIL __N Public Disclosure Authorized 7c Public Disclosure Authorized FY,; Isl 1. TOURISMSUPPLY IN THE CARIBBEANREGION A Study for the World Bank by the ShanklandCox Partnership November1974 TOURISMSUPPLY STUDY- CARIBBEANREGION INTRODUCTI0N This study of the supply of tourism facilities in the Caribbean was commissioned by the World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development) in early 1973. The Shankland Cox Partnership was appointed to carry out the survey, withli 141iss Jill Rawson as the project leader. The field work for the report was carried out during May, June and part of July 1973. The islands visited were Bermuda, The Bahamas, Turks and Caicos Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Eritish Virgin Islands, St. Kitts-Nevis,Antigua, Dominica, St. Lucia, Barbados, Crenada, St. Vincent, and the Cayman Islands. Approximatelyfour days were spent in each island during which time answers to a basic questionnaire were obtained; informationwas collected from the government, private agencies and indi- viduals. Data for Jamaica, the DbminicanRepublic, Trinidad and Tobago, Martinique,Guadeloupe, the NetherlandsAntilles and Haiti were obtained tbrough the office of the ShanklandCox Partnershipin these islands and/ or from material available to the World Bank. The islands listed above constitute 'the CaribbeanRegion' as defined for purposes of this study. The data were consideredto be sufficientlycomprehensive for the World Bank to request that the Consultantsformulate some overall con- clusions about the past, present and future developmentof the tourism sector in the Caribbean.
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