Cruising in the Caribbean – true or false?

1. [Multiple choice]

The cruise industry manipulates the situation in order to maximise their own profits.

Answers for Quiz [1].

• 1. True (correct)
• 2. False
• 3. Unclear

2. [Multiple choice]

It is clear where the truth lies in this debate.

Answers for Quiz [2].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)
• 3. Unclear

3. [Multiple choice]

Local people could obviously set up more businesses themselves.

(- but it is implied they could do so.)

Answers for Quiz [3].

• 1. True
• 2. False
• 3. Uncertain (correct)

4. [Multiple choice]

Tourism bodies protest that they invest money in building and improving roads and power supplies etc

Answers for Quiz [4].

• 1. True (correct)
• 2. False
• 3. Unclear

5. [Multiple choice]

Cruise-ship owners ensure they spend a great deal of their money on the islands they visit.

(– it is clear from the books by Ross Klein that much of the money earned from the cruise industry is spend in cities away from the Caribbean, for instance in home ports in the US. For the islands to gain revenue the industry needs to stock up at the islands themselves, so they get the trade advantage.)

Answers for Quiz [5].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)
• 3. Unclear

6. [Multiple choice]

Recently thinking and planning has concentrated on introducing sustainable tourism.

(Gary Bembridge – the author – makes the comment that the islands seem fairly poor, and this seems to be in contrast with the serious amounts of money made by cruise companies.)

Answers for Quiz [6].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)
• 3. Unclear

7. [Multiple choice]

Fortunately, local building companies often get contracts to build glamorous hotels.

(– they ‘seem to be built and operated by chains’ – ie international companies, so not by local ones. The comment is also made that it is is a pity that there is not MUCH more local enterprise, implying there is very litte.)

Answers for Quiz [7].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)
• 3. Uncertain

8. [Multiple choice]

Much of the money earned by travel companies in the area returns eventually to the islands visited.

(– the bulk (ie the majority) of the money earned from tours ends up in the pockets of the travel companies, ie a long way from the Caribbean islands.

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Answers for Quiz [8].

• 1. True
• 2. False (correct)
• 3. Unclear