Tourisme et lutte contre la pauvreté : les premiers enseignements de l’expérience de l’île de la Dominique (Petites Antilles)
The Caribbean island of Dominica is an emerging tourist destination. This small state, independent since 1978, located between the French territories of Guadeloupe and Martinique, intends to develop an original tourist strategy to break into a prosperous but highly competitive regional market.The co...
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description | The Caribbean island of Dominica is an emerging tourist destination. This small state, independent since 1978, located between the French territories of Guadeloupe and Martinique, intends to develop an original tourist strategy to break into a prosperous but highly competitive regional market.The country is relatively isolated and is among the poorest in the region. Dominica has not succeeded in attracting international investment, and its population has remained relatively stable since independence (about 80 000 people residing in an area of 750 km ² as of 2005) as a result of constant migration. It is in this context that the state of Dominica has constructed a tourism strategy based on the unique value of its natural and human resources in the context of spatial planning, which aims to fight against poverty. |
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spelling | doaj.art-dc508d2fc8734867b8de1062a22789de2024-02-13T13:12:41ZengUniversité des AntillesÉtudes Caribéennes1779-09801961-859X2410.4000/etudescaribeennes.6530Tourisme et lutte contre la pauvreté : les premiers enseignements de l’expérience de l’île de la Dominique (Petites Antilles)Christelle MuratThe Caribbean island of Dominica is an emerging tourist destination. This small state, independent since 1978, located between the French territories of Guadeloupe and Martinique, intends to develop an original tourist strategy to break into a prosperous but highly competitive regional market.The country is relatively isolated and is among the poorest in the region. Dominica has not succeeded in attracting international investment, and its population has remained relatively stable since independence (about 80 000 people residing in an area of 750 km ² as of 2005) as a result of constant migration. It is in this context that the state of Dominica has constructed a tourism strategy based on the unique value of its natural and human resources in the context of spatial planning, which aims to fight against poverty.https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/6530small islandtourismfighting poverty |
spellingShingle | Christelle Murat Tourisme et lutte contre la pauvreté : les premiers enseignements de l’expérience de l’île de la Dominique (Petites Antilles) Études Caribéennes small island tourism fighting poverty |
title | Tourisme et lutte contre la pauvreté : les premiers enseignements de l’expérience de l’île de la Dominique (Petites Antilles) |
title_full | Tourisme et lutte contre la pauvreté : les premiers enseignements de l’expérience de l’île de la Dominique (Petites Antilles) |
title_fullStr | Tourisme et lutte contre la pauvreté : les premiers enseignements de l’expérience de l’île de la Dominique (Petites Antilles) |
title_full_unstemmed | Tourisme et lutte contre la pauvreté : les premiers enseignements de l’expérience de l’île de la Dominique (Petites Antilles) |
title_short | Tourisme et lutte contre la pauvreté : les premiers enseignements de l’expérience de l’île de la Dominique (Petites Antilles) |
title_sort | tourisme et lutte contre la pauvrete les premiers enseignements de l experience de l ile de la dominique petites antilles |
topic | small island tourism fighting poverty |
url | https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/6530 |
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