Tourism Development, Governance and Sustainability in The Bahamas

Sophia Rolle is Graduate Programmes Coordinator and Senior Lecturer of Tourism Management in the Centre for Hotel and Tourism Management, Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of the West Indies. Jessica Minnis is a Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences at the University of The Bahamas. Ian Bethell-Bennett is an Associate Professor and former Dean of Liberal and Fine Arts at the University of The Bahamas.

• Part I Development: 1. Identities in Flux: Psychological acculturation and developing tourism in The Bahamas 2. The impact of tourism development on small island communities in The Bahamas: The case of Abaco, Bimini and Exuma 3. Living on Islands: Tourism & Quality of Life on the Islands of Abaco, Bimini and Exuma, The Bahamas a case study 4. Vacation Rental Markets in The Bahamas 5. Case Study on a Bahamian Carnival.  6. Junkanoo Carnival, Bahamas as a Strategy for Tourism Development. Part II Governance 7. Tourism Governance, Panarchy and Resilience in The Bahamas 8. Atlantis - A Case Study in the Experience Economy 9. The Economics of Smiling: A History of the Bahamian courtesy campaign 1955-1970 Part III Sustainable Development 10. Assessing Sustainability in Small Island Developing States: A comparative analysis of sustainability assessment tools and their applicability to Small Island Developing States 11. Toward A Blue Economy: Ragged Island - a case for sustainable development for the islands of The Bahamas 12. Climate Change, Tourism and Sustainable Development in The Bahamas 13. Marijuana Agro -Tourism Habitat Part IV: Development, Governance, Sustainability: A Look at Hurricanes. 14. Sustaining tourism after a hurricane.  15. Hurricane Dorian: A case for building comprehensive climate change resilience frameworks for Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean.  Part V: Conclusion.  16. Towards an understanding of the tourism experience