Pandemics, Disasters, Sustainability, Tourism

Ian Bethell-Bennett is an Associate Professor in the School of English and Adjunct Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of The Bahamas, Nassau, The Bahamas.Sophia A. Rolle is an Associate Professor and Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Business, Hospitality and Tourism Studies at the University of The Bahamas, and an Independent Tourism Consultant, Nassau, The Bahamas.Jessica Minnis is a Professor in the School of Social Sciences at the University of The Bahamas, Nassau, The Bahamas.Fevzi Okumus is the Central Florida Hotel and Lodging Association (CFHLA) Preeminent Chair Professor within the Hospitality Services Department at the University of Central Florida’s Rosen College of Hospitality Management, U.S.A.

• Introduction; I. Chester CooperPart I: The Economic and Social Impacts of Natural Disasters and PandemicsChapter 1. Adaptation Amidst Unprecedented Change: The Impact of COVID 19 on Accommodation Workers in Negril, Jamaica; Rose-Ann Smith, Aleem Mahabir, Robert Kinlocke, and Jamie-Lee BassanChapter 2. Expressions of Hope(lessness): Exploring the Psychosocial Impacts of COVID-19 on Accommodation Workers in Negril, Jamaica; Robert Kinlocke, Aleem Mahabir, Rose-Ann Smith, and Jarda NelsonChapter 3. The Economic and Social Impact of Hurricane Dorian and COVID-19 on Tourism in Selected Islands in The Bahamas; Ian Bethell-Bennett, Sophia Rolle, Jessica Minnis, and Eboni D. AdderleyChapter 4. Community-Based Tourism: A Pandemic Resilient ‘Fit-for-Purpose’ Model; Olivene Burke and Shinique WaltersPart II: Tourism Resilience in Natural Disasters and PandemicsChapter 5. The Relevance of Heritage Tourism in a Post-COVID Caribbean Economy; O. A. Carey TurnquestChapter 6. Tourism Destination Recovery, a Case Study of Grand Bahama Island; Michelle McLeodChapter 7. Restructuring Island Tourism: Using the Socioeconomic Metabolism (SEM) and Multi-Level Perspective (MLP) as Models for Transitioning to Sustainable Island Tourism; John N. TelesfordChapter 8. Climate Change in the Strategic Tourism Planning for Small Islands: Key Policy Actors’ Perspectives from The Bahamas; Arsum Pathak, Philip E. van Beynen, Fenda A. Akiwumi, and Kenyon C. LindemanChapter 9. Management of a Changing Natural Environment: The Impact Sargassum Seaweed in the Caribbean using the Institutional Analysis and Design Framework; Kalim Shah and Phillip McNeilChapter 10. Elements of Constitutional Discourse and the Normalization of State of Exception Governance in The Bahamas during the Covid-19 Pandemic; Michael T. StevensonChapter 11. An Analysis of Economic and Political Resilience Strategies adopted by The Bahamas as a Small Island Development State; Sophia A. RollChapter 12. When Storms Strike: Performing Tourism, Hurricanes and a Pandemic in Accumulation and Dispossession; Ian Bethell-BennettChapter 13. Normal No More: The Future of Tourism Planning Post-Pandemic; Joshua CarrolChapter 14. Conclusion; Ian Bethell-Bennett, Sophia Rolle, and Jessica Minnis