Tourism in East Caribbean Countries

International Monetary Fund

No 1988/083, IMF Working Papers from International Monetary Fund

Abstract: This paper studies recent developments in tourism in the East Caribbean countries (ECC) and reviews government policies to support tourism. The paper also presents a model to explain the movements of tourist arrivals to the region during 1970-86. The estimated model is used to project future tourist arrivals in the ECC.

Keywords: WP; ECC tourism; price index; U.S. dollar; Stayover arrival; price elasticity; tourist arrival; ECC government; ECC market; elasticity estimate; ECC region; ECC economy; Tourism; Personal income; Disposable income; Price elasticity; Agroindustries; Caribbean; North America (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 44
Date: 1988-01-01
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