Title: The politics of tourism development: a case of dual governance in Tobago

Authors: Michelle T. McLeod, David Airey

Addresses: School of Services Management, Bournemouth University, Talbot Campus, Fern Barrow, Poole, Dorset BH12 5BB, UK. ' Faculty of Management and Law, University of Surrey, Guildford, Surrey GU2 7XH, UK

Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to report on an exploratory study of the role that tourism policy plays in influencing tourism development. The research is based on two questions: How does tourism policy influence tourism development in the small twin-island state of Trinidad and Tobago? and How does an arrangement of dual governance in a small twin-island state promote tourism development? The exploration demonstrates that tourism development in the context of Tobago, the smaller of the two islands, has been slowed as a result of dual governance and hence dual policy arrangements.

Keywords: Trinidad and Tobago; Tobago House of Assembly; tourism policy; tourism development; politics; dual governance; public policy; twin-island states; Caribbean tourism.

DOI: 10.1504/IJTP.2007.017037

International Journal of Tourism Policy, 2007 Vol.1 No.3, pp.217 - 231

Published online: 04 Feb 2008 *

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