click:  Jamaica Community Tourism

 Staffed by Dr Carolyn Hayle the Institute undertook the following assignments during the review year:

  • supported training in tourism and related issues for the Jamaica Social Development Commission 
    conducted research in Trinidad and Tobago on the impact of World Cup Cricket 2007 on community tourism, collaborated with Central Connecticut State University (CCSU) to publish the findings of the Cricket research, and organised the meetings between CCSU, USAID and the Jamaica Exporters' Association

  • at the invitation of the Principal of the Mona Campus, participated in the design and delivery of the Mona Academic Conference on 'Tourism as a Driver for Change'

  • represented the UWIat the Caribbean Tourism Organisation's Human Resource Council in Barbados

  • hosted the Caribbean Tourism Human Resource Council meeting in Jamaica

  • served as a member of the Advisory Group on Tourism at Mona

  • served on the Tertiary Level Institutions Unit's evaluation team for the review of the Tobago Hospitality Institute

  • assisted the tourism sector in Level 3 curriculum for tour guiding

  • participated in the Department of Management Studies Examiners' Meeting

  • made a number of presentations, including one on the 'Impact of Tourism on Community Development' as part of Portmore Week, two presentations for JAMPRO on 'Tourism Linkages; and a paper at the SIDS Conference in Nassau June 2006

  • attended the 50th Anniversary Conference of the Planning Institute of Jamaica

  • undertook a research consultancy for the Organisation of American States and the International Institute for Cooperation in Agriculture (lICA) on agro-tourism.