Sustainable tourism and the role of festivals in the Caribbean: case of the St. Lucia Jazz (& Arts) Festival

• Therez B. Walker ^[1]
  1. [1] Independent Researcher and Consultant, St. John’s, Antigua & Barbuda, West Indies
• Localización: Tourism recreation research, ISSN 0250-8281, Vol. 44, Nº. 2, 2019, págs. 258-268
• Idioma: inglés
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  • In this paper, one of the most renowned festivals in the Eastern Caribbean, the St. Lucia Jazz (& Arts)Festival is discussed in the context of its contribution to sustainable tourism development. Thispaper seeks to bring to light the importance of the festival to the host community, and therelevance of festivals towards sustainable tourism. Justifications for stakeholder collaboration inthe planning of festivals are examined, including consideration of livelihoods. The discussion ofthis paper proposes a new adaptive paradigm for community-based tourism, where an inclusiveform of expression and economic activity, corrects some of the societal ills that have beenassociated with Caribbean tourism. In making this case, the paper identifies a number ofconsiderations that challenge and facilitate sustainable tourism development in Small IslandDeveloping States (SIDS), and suggests a way forward