How has tourism helped the Caribbean islands?

Travel & Tourism was also a vital contributor to employment in the region with 2.75 million people employed in the sector in 2019*, accounting for 15.2% of all employment. The Caribbean relies more on international visitors and their spending than any other global region.



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Tourism offers great opportunities for emerging economies and developing countries. It creates jobs, strengthens the local economy, contributes to local infrastructure development and can help to conserve the natural environment and cultural assets and traditions, and to reduce poverty and inequality.

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By the end of 2022, there were 28.3 million registered tourist visits in the Caribbean, approximately 52.4% more than there were in 2021.

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Positive Impacts of Tourism on the Environment
  • Awareness raising and experience.
  • Skills and education.
  • Conservation activities and biodiversity.
  • Endangered species protection.
  • Illegal trade prevention.
  • Finance & jobs.
  • Sustainable practices & legislation.


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Tourism offers great opportunities for emerging economies and developing countries. It creates jobs, strengthens the local economy, contributes to local infrastructure development and can help to conserve the natural environment and cultural assets and traditions, and to reduce poverty and inequality.

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Top 5 Advantages of Tourism
  • #1 Economic Growth. ...
  • #2 Social Benefits. ...
  • #3 Education And Personal Growth. ...
  • #4 Creation of Jobs. ...
  • #5 Breaks the Stereotypes. ...
  • #1 Degradation of the Environment. ...
  • #2 Depletion of Natural Resources. ...
  • #3 Harm to Local Culture.


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Island ecosystems also contribute to the maintenance of ecosystem functions: they provide defence against natural disasters, support nutrient cycling, and soil and sand formation; and they contribute to the regulation of climate and diseases. Vulnerability to exogenous economic shocks.

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Beginning from a base of about 4 million tourists in 1970, the region now receives more than 26 million visitors a year. The sector accounts for a large share of many economies in the region, ranging from 7 percent to 90 percent of GDP, and 32 percent as a simple average (Figure 3.1).

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Encouraged by the United Nations and World Bank, many governments in the Caribbean encouraged tourism beginning in the 1950s to boost their third-world economies. The Caribbean Tourist Association was founded in 1951.

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Total tourism contribution to GDP in Caribbean countries 2022. In Caribbean region, the travel and tourism sector contributed more than 60 billion U.S. dollars to the gross domestic product in 2022.

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