CSEC- School Based

Assessment
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Name: T'mya Gerald

Candidate Number: 1500270366
Form/Class: Form 5 Business
Subject: English A
Center Name: Thomas Saunders Secondary School
Center Number: 150027
Topic: Tourism In The Caribbean
Title: Benefits Of Tourism In The Caribbean
Territory: St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Teacher’s Name: T. Allen Jack
Date Of Submission: 14th/ 02/ 2024
Year Of Examination: 2024
Table Of Contents

Plan Of Investigation………………………………………………………………………… 1
Artefact one…………………………………………………………………………………….. 2
Artefact two…………………………………………………………………………………….. 3
Artefact three………………………………………………………………………………….. 4
Reflection one………………………………………………………………………………….. 5
Reflection two………………………………………………………………………………….. 6
Reflection three……………………………………………………………………………….. 7
Group Written Report……………………………………………………………………... 8
Artefact one…………………………………………………………………………………..... 9
Artefact two……………………………………………………………………………………. 10
Artefact three…………………………………………………………………………………. 11
Oral presentation plan/outline………………………………………………..……... 12
Oral presentation……………………………………………………………………………. 13-14
Bibliography
Plan Of Investigation

My group chose this topic Tourism in the Caribbean because it is a significant aspect in our Caribbean
countries. I selected the subtopic Benefits of Tourism in the Caribbean, because I think it can help
our economy therefore and I wish to investigate the ways that it can be an advantage to the
Caribbean. As a student of English I hope to improve my summarizing and vocabulary skills. To
conduct research, I plan to use an article and two poems from the internet and the library. I will use
my vocabulary skills in writing my oral presentation and summarizing skills to write reflection one.

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Artefact One

Article titled: Characteristics and intentions of cruise passengers to return to the Caribbean for land-
base vacations

Author- David McArthur Baker

Over the five decades, tourism has experienced continued growth and deepening diversification to
become one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world. Modem tourism is closely linked
to development and encompasses a growing number of new destination. According to the World
Tourism Organization (UNWTO, 2016), an ever-increasing number of destinations worldwide have
opened up to, and invested in tourism, turning it into a key driver of socio-economic progress
through the creation of jobs and enterprises, export revenues, and infrastructure development.
Likewise, international tourism receipts earned by destinations worldwide have surged from US $2
billion in 1950 to US$ 104 billion in 1980, US$ 495 billion in 2000, and US $1260 billion in 2015.
These dynamics have turned tourism into a key driver for socio-economic progress (UNWTO, 2016).
Tourism remains one of the most significant national economic activities showing substantial growth
in the previous decades and it may be seen as a major instrument for regional development as it
stimulates diverse activities with a positive economic impact on balance of payments, Gross
Domestic Product (GDP), employment. Cruise vacations are the fastest growing segment in the
tourism industry with an average annual passenger growth rate of 7.2% (CLIA, 2015). Cruising
enables tourists to express their self-concepts (Yarnal and Kerstetter, 2005). The activity offers
tourists experiential benefits and opportunities to engage in a memorable experience (Duman and
Mattila, 2005; Huang and Hsu, 2010). Despite a cruise vacation's symbolic nature, the study of
cruisers' experiences and post-travel behavior remains underexplored in tourism research (Petrick,
2004). Cruise tourism is characterized by a relatively limited amount of academic research in relation
to other areas of tourism (Wild and Dearing, 2000, Papathanasis and Beckman, 2011, Papathanasis
2012, Breja 2012). Papathanasis (2012) managed to identify 145 scientific papers during a 26 year
period (1983-2009), many of them not directly focused on cruise tourism. Although some studies
about cruise marketing and cruise tourists were developed in the last two decades, there is not so
much evidence of studies which analyze the determinants that make a cruise tourist returning to a
specific city or country (Brida and Coletti, 2010) and, additionally, what they really look for when they
return. Actually, in the literature, there is a lack of approaches related to cruise destinations’
feedback by cruise tourists and the relationship between their feedback and their decision of
whether returning or not returning. The purpose of this paper is to learn about characteristics of
cruise ship passengers to Caribbean destinations, understand the information sources and booking
methods they use and their intentions to return to the Caribbean for land-based vacations. This
research has important implications for tourist attractions because land-based tourists have a bigger
economic impact than cruise-based tourists on local economies.

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Artefact Two

Article titled- Advantages and Disadvantages of Tourism In The Caribbean

Author- Study Moose

Tourism is the world’s largest and fastest growing industry and can be defined as the totality of the
relationship and phenomenon arising from travel and education purposes of people, provided the
stay does not imply the establishment of a permanent residence and is not connected with
remunerated activity. While it may boost a country’s economy, doubts about the overall benefits of
tourism are reinforced by the belief that tourism brings adverse social and cultural effects. As an
industry, it may be have several impacts on a country, both good and bad.

Tourism is a main source of income to developing countries. When tourists come to these countries,
they usually spend foreign currency. These foreign exchange may help to increase developments in
the country and thereby accelerates economic growth. Income from tourism in the form of foreign
exchange earnings are added to the national income and this leads to improvements of
infrastructure, public services, building of hospitals, schools and even hotels, which will in turn bring
more tourists and thus increase the national income to a further extent.

A World Tourism Conference held in Manila stated that “World tourism can help to eradicate the
widening gap between developed and developing countries and ensure the steady acceleration of
economic and social development, in particular of developing countries. “ Most of the under-
developed and developing countries are located in the South East Asia and Middle East. But these
countries have a great potential for tourism as there are many places of historical and archaeological
interests, which attract tourists.

It should be noted that tourism is a vital and important industry in developing countries. This is so
because developing countries are characterised as poor nations who rely more on income from their
primary sector, which ironically enough, is not so profitable. So if they can develop their tourism
sector, they will be able to prosper with the foreign currency received and it will also help them to
alleviate poverty to some extent. Furthermore, it has been proved that tourism can lead to an
improvement in the balance of payment of a country to some extent. You may also be interested in
“Advantages and Disadvantages of Free Market System”

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Artefact Three
Poem titled: Inclusive Tourism In Tourism Day On 2021
Author- Chaminda Pushpadewa

Skill development in a community.

Seeking new ways to help the community
Someone has to feel leisure surely
Spreading via the globe Thomas Cooks tourism day

Globally host community will be gathered

Giving job opportunities will be planned
Gradually increasing movement of culture in method
Gladding for the invitation among covid

Tourism for inclusive growth is the theme

Travelers will create jobs for the employee
Take care of heritages and culture
Tolerance is making happiness in the future

UNWTO will clear the goal of Sustainable development

Underpinning associated fellows is a target
Under Tourism date of September 27th is celebration best
Upper and lower contributors can find a seat

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Reflection One

Before starting my SBA I knew that tourism creates lots of jobs in the Caribbean. The first artifact is
an article titled “Characteristics and intentions of cruise passengers to return to the Caribbean for
land-based vacations” written by David McArthur Baker. It explains how tourism is one of the fastest
growing sectors in the world due to it’s experiences of continued growth and deepening
diversification over the 5 decades. I found it interesting that international tourism receipts earned by
destinations worldwide have powerfully moved upwards from US $2 billion in 1950 to US $1260
billion in 2015.
The second artifact is an article titled “Advantages and Disadvantages of Tourism” by Study Moose. It
describes how tourism helps to develop countries, especially underdeveloped countries. I discovered
that most of the underdeveloped and developing countries are located in the South East Asia and
Middle East.
The third artifact is a poem titled “Inclusive Tourism in Tourism Day On 2021” by Chaminda
Pushpadewa. It explains how tourism creates opportunities for the community, people and culture
activities of the country. It intrigued me that tourists actually maintain cultural traditions and
heritage of countries they visit.

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Reflection Two

The first article informs the reader about the growth of Tourism over the years. The author uses
statistics like “international tourism receipts earned by destinations worldwide have surged from US
$2 billion in 1950 to US$ 104 billion in 1980, US$ 495 billion in 2000, and US $1260 billion in 2015“.
This shows the reader the tremendous extent to which tourism has grown over the years. The
language is formal.

The second article by informs the reader about the advantages and disadvantages of Tourism. The
author uses facts such as “Tourism is a main source of income to developing countries”. This is to
show the reader how the Caribbean region benefits from tourism. The author uses informal
language.

The final artifact is a poem by Chaminda Pushpadewa that teaches the reader about how, tourism
develops the countries. The author uses rhymes such as “Take care of heritages and culture,
tolerance is making happiness in the future”. The author uses informal language.

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Reflection Three

While investigating my subtopic “Benefits of tourism”, I’ve learnt about ways in which tourism can
develop our community.

The SBA has improved my editing skills, summarizing and comprehension skills, and broadening my
vocabulary. This investigation made me realize the benefits of tourism in the Caribbean are very
essential.

Secondly, I am aware that tourism has its negative impacts, but it also produces positive impacts too
such as increased employment and better-quality life for locals. My communication skills have
developed as we went into our groups and discussed our topic.

Finally, my group were good people, so we got along and had no disagreements.

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Group Written Report

Our group studied the topic “Tourism in the Caribbean”. This topic was divided into five different
subtopics “Problems associating with Tourism”, “Benefits of Tourism”, “importance of Tourism”, “Jobs
of Tourism” and “How Covid-19 affected Tourism” with a total of 15 artefacts. The three piece
selected were a poem titled “Inclusive Tourism in Tourism Day on 2021” by Chaminda Pushpadews,
an article titled “Characteristics and intentions of cruise passengers to return to the Caribbean for
land-base vacations” by David McAuthur Baker and an article “Impact of Covid-19” by Dr. Marbea
Scott. The poem by Chaminda Pushpadew was chosen because it shows the significance of Tourism
and the main reason for its development to benefit locals and tourists. We discovered that tourism is
one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world. The article by David McAuthur Baker was
selected because it gives details about Tourism which may be seen as a major instrument for regional
development as it stimulates diverse activity with a positive economic impact. We learnt from this
that Tourism is a vital and important industry in developing countries. The article by Dr Marbea Scott
was selected since it portrayed that Covid-19 negatively impacted the majority of our tourism
industries. The outbreak of the virus caused many countries to implement travel restrictions for the
safety of individuals. Also, many Caribbean countries had to cancel all traditional activity to prevent
the virus from spreading. We learnt from that due to Covid-19, Tourism faced many overwhelming
obstacles in which many in authority and small businesses owners had to make a sound decision to
ensure the economy stays successful. Information related to this topic was easily attainable since
Tourism is a global affair and many countries consist of different races and cultures. However, it was
quite challenging to source information for some of the subtopics chosen. Once our group selected
and agreed on the topics, we arranged a meeting and schedule in order to complete the SBA. The
meeting we therefore held on Tuesday after school to discuss our various findings and results based
on the sub-topic that was given to each group member. We kept all our discussions in our notes to
facilitate development of the SBA and gathered more information individually. Weconcluded from
our research many countries are successful because of a devoted Tourism industry. Studying Tourism
awakened us to see how significant it is to every country and its remarkable benefits. We faced
various challenges in cooperating as a group and working together. We also faced problems at first
scheduling meetings so that we wouldn't inconvenience our group members and after carefully
planning it was no longer a problem. Ultimately, we learnt to work with each other and capitalised
on each member's respected strengths to produce a successful outcome

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Artefact One

Poem titled: Inclusive Tourism In Tourism Day On 2021

Author- Chaminda Pushpadewa

Skill development in a community.

Seeking new ways to help the community
Someone has to feel leisure surely
Spreading via the globe Thomas Cooks tourism day

Globally host community will be gathered

Giving job opportunities will be planned
Gradually increasing movement of culture in method
Gladding for the invitation among covid

Tourism for inclusive growth is the theme

Travelers will create jobs for the employee
Take care of heritages and culture
Tolerance is making happiness in the future

UNWTO will clear the goal of Sustainable development

Underpinning associated fellows is a target
Under Tourism date of September 27th is celebration best
Upper and lower contributors can find a seat

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Artefact Two
Characteristics and intentions of cruise passengers to return to the Caribbean for land-base
vacations

Author- David McArthur Baker

Over the five decades, tourism has experienced continued growth and deepening diversification to
become one of the fastest growing economic sectors in the world. Modem tourism is closely linked
to development and encompasses a growing number of new destination. According to the World
Tourism Organization (UNWTO, 2016), an ever-increasing number of destinations worldwide have
opened up to, and invested in tourism, turning it into a key driver of socio-economic progress
through the creation of jobs and enterprises, export revenues, and infrastructure development.
Likewise, international tourism receipts earned by destinations worldwide have surged from US $2
billion in 1950 to US$ 104 billion in 1980, US$ 495 billion in 2000, and US $1260 billion in 2015.
These dynamics have turned tourism into a key driver for socio-economic progress (UNWTO, 2016).
Tourism remains one of the most significant national economic activities showing substantial growth
in the previous decades and it may be seen as a major instrument for regional development as it
stimulates diverse activities with a positive economic impact on balance of payments, Gross
Domestic Product (GDP), employment.

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Artefact Three
Impact of Covid-19
Author: Dr. Marbea Scott
Like many destinations in the region and internationally, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was
severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. According to WTTC (2021), SVG’s Travel & Tourism
employment levels were down 27.8 per cent and GDP by 67 per cent in 2020 when compared to
2019. A significant percentage of the unemployed in the tourism sector would have been women,
impacted by the decline in the accommodation and food service sub-sectors (approximately 54.9% of
women in the labour force have been employed in these sub-sectors). The reduced supplemental
income from remittances due to the impact of the pandemic, also compounded women’s socio-
economic vulnerability and only those formally employed would have benefited from the National
Insurance Scheme (NIS). Additionally, the events sub-sector and festival tourism would have been
impacted by the cancellation of Vincy Mas, the Bequia Easter Regatta, and the Union Island Easter
Festival, the Kingstown Corporate Credit Union National Dance and the Gospel Festivals (UNDP,
UNICEF, and UN Women, 2020). The Ministry of Tourism sought to cushion the impact of the
pandemic on tourism MSMEs stakeholders through an income support programme for a period of 3
to 6 months. Land taxi operators, water taxi operators, tour bus operators, cultural and allied
professionals – art and craft, musicians, drummers, dancers, live production and entertainment
providers were among the beneficiaries of income support. Formally employed hospitality workers
such as Bartenders, Front Office and other support staff received income support through the NIS.
Data from the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Tourism Authority (SVGTA), highlights that each
visitor category continued to struggle in 2021. Stay-over arrivals were down 18.6 per cent for January
to September 2021 compared to the same period in 2020. Cruise and yacht visitors were down 99.8
percent and 90.6 per cent, respectively. However, the cruise market is expected to rebound in the
2021/2022 cruise season with 224 tentative bookings, including 14 inaugural calls. There is also
optimism for improved performance in other visitor segments in 2022 as more events come back on-
stream including Vincy Mas (albeit a scaled-down version).

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Oral Presentation Plan/Outline
Tourism in the Caribbean was the main topic of our group’s research, with “Advantages of Tourism in
the Caribbean” chosen as the subtopic. Poems, articles, and the internet were used to gather
information. I chose the genre poetry because I’ve always found it to be fascinating and entertaining
and I think the audience will find it to be highly engaging. I’ll be sharing my knowledge and insights
on the subject and emphasize the different ways that tourism has benefited the Caribbean. This will
deepen my understanding of the significance of tourism to the Caribbean. The poetry will have a
free-form structure and be written in formal language using a rhyme scheme.

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Oral Presentation
Tourism benefits the Caribbean in lots of ways,

Just look at the Tobago Cays.

It helps to pay for facilities so a special thanks

to the Americans, British and Philippines.

Tourism creates jobs for locals,

Some even sing along with vocals.

Tourism keeps the hotels alive and well.

A treasure to cherish, a story to tell.

The developing countries that relied on agriculture don’t have to worry because tourism is here to
help especially in the summer.

Tourism has been the generator for foreign exchange,

You might think it’s pocket change.

Oh No, you are wrong because that’s what keeps the country going strong.

Tourism is the plug for the Caribbean,

Some tourists even say the Caribbean people are better than Europeans,

The new roads they walk on today,

Thanks to the money from tourism, they get to build them right away.

Tourism is a massive help to the Caribbean and locals,

To the Caribbean’s economy it’s focal.

Tourism saw the Caribbean struggling and came in

It never left its side, and I don’t think it ever will.

Income went flying sky high

And the Caribbean's net worth is sure to multiply.

Tourism has been friends with the Caribbean for many decades since he’s the only one never
betrayed.

The Caribbean wouldn’t’ve made it this far without the help of tourism.

And this is without skepticism,

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If you check the Caribbean’s history, you’ll see.

I say it’s a victory.

Tourism is as good as gold to the Caribbean,

It works very hard to make sure no one suffer.

Whoever invented tourism is very clever,

Because right now it’s the biggest helper.

Tourism is one the Caribbean can always depend on.

The ships are always on their way to the docks by dawn,

As I said it’s one the Caribbean can always depend on.

The capital of Antigua and Barbuda St. John is known

to be one of the most popular tourist destinations,

Yes! Tourism is even making more than their plantations.

Tourism led to the generation of foundations,

Though global relations, it sparked many cultural celebrations.

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Bibliography

David Baker (April 2019)

Characteristics and intentions of cruise passengers to return to the Caribbean for land-base vacations

(PDF) Journal of tourism -studies and research in tourism [Issue 26] (researchgate.net)

Study Moose (Unknown Date)

Advantages and Disadvantages of Tourism In The Caribbean

Advantages and Disadvantages of Tourism Free Essay Example

Chaminda Pushpadewa (25th September 2019)

Inclusive Tourism In Tourism Day On 2021

Inclusive Tourism In Tourism Day On 2021 - Inclusive Tourism In Tourism Day On 2021 Poem by
Chaminda Pushpadewa (poemhunter.com)