ABSTRACT
In a Third World which is constantly faced with the denigration of its natural assets and resources, it is imperative for the new middle classes who travel that those assets and resources which they wish to travel to are preserved for that purpose. Hence, the conservation ethic: introduced by environmental and conservation organisations (WWF, the Audubon Society and private organisations such as the Caribbean Conservation
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Structure of the tourism industry Attempts to identify the main actors and structures in the tourism industry usually take the form of a flow diagram. The most widely cited is Mathieson and Wall’s (1982) conceptual framework of tourism. Other texts worth consulting are Shaw and Williams (1994) and Burns and Holden (1995).
