Sustainable Tourism in St. Lucia- A Sustainability Assessment of Trade and Liberalization in Tourism -services

This paper examines the role tourism trade and liberalization plays in fostering or constraining sustainable development. In short, it explores the question: what are the opportunities and barriers to achieving sustainable development through trade in tourism-services? The paper draws on relevant current literature, and existing data on tourism-services in St. Lucia, a popular tourism destination in the eastern Caribbean.