Last Resorts : The Cost of Tourism in the Caribbean

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Author: Polly Pattullo
Date: 01 Jan 1996
Publisher: Ian Randle Publishers
Format: Hardback::220 pages
ISBN10: 9768100818
Publication City/Country: United States
Dimension: 134x 214x 18mm::340.19g

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May attract visitors whose lifestyles and ideas conflict with the Tourism dependency; Tourism follows a "product life cycle", with a final stage of