Globalization in Cuba

Jacqueline Caverly
Dilys Huang
Nyusha Samiei
 Sustainability of Tourism Industry
• More efficient Marketing
• Increase/Diversify Options
• Increase Capacity
• Increase Efficiency
• Increase Technology
• Ability to use foreign money
• Cayo Sabinal – Island set
aside for preservation
• Fair trade co-ops.
• Areas set aside where tourism
industry can not go
• Tourism replaced sugar
as leading source of
income in 1999
• Set aside wetlands in
Caribbean for protection
• Castro saw no future in
tourism – didn’t want
gambling/drug trade
culture from other places
to come to cuba
Sabana-Camaguey Archipelago
• Economic expansion threatened biodiversity because
could be a top tourist spot
• UNDP plan included:
• Increase technical, planning and management abilities of
science, technology and environment ministries to
assess coastal/marine ecosystems to conserve/sustain
biodiversity
• Collect basic info. On marine/land ecosystems
• Develop a plan to allow tourism and economic projects
to be sustainable.
• gain/organize/analyze data about environmental
problems eg. Global warming, climate change, oil spills,
etc.
 Factors working Against
Sustainability
• Hotels built on beach – North Area of
island
– Habitat for birds, rodents, iguanas
– Coral reefs at risk
• Has caused decrease in coral reefs of surrounding
areas also, (bermuda)
• Economic downturn increased demands
to decrease ecological protection to
increase capital
 Ecotourism
• Allowed Economy in downturn to receive
capital for preserving ecosystem rather
than destroying environment for financial
gain
 Endangered Natural Species of
Cuba
• “colilargo” sparrow hawk
• “churroso” woodpecker
• “perdiez” pigeon
• Cuban owls, snakes
• “ocho” palm  living fossil
 Effect of Tourism on Women
• Women working as domestic servants
treated as slaves, sexually abused
• Havana known for sexuality – women are
exploited to market this
• Afro-Cuban music, dance, religion
exploited for industry
• Fidel Castro decreases prostitution.
 History
• 1950s Cuba becomes subservient to USA
in economics, politics and culture.
 Works Consulted
• Cuba Travel USA. Ministry of tourism. Retrieved January 22, 2009
from: http://www.cubatravelusa.com/cuba's_tourism_goals.htm
• Havana-Guide.com (2005). Eco tourism in Cuba Havana’s green
revolution. Retrieved January 22, 2009 from:
http://www.havana-guide.com/eco-tourism.html
• United Nations Development Programme (1997). Protecting
biodiversity and establishing sustainable development in the
Sabana-Camaguey region. Retrieved January 22, 2009 from:
http://www.gefweb.org/Outreach/outreach-PUblications/Project_factsheet/
• Caribbean News Digital (2005).Cuba shows progress in sustainable
tourism in regional event. Retrieved January 22 2009 from:
http://www.caribbeannewsdigital.com/en/news/3658/cuba-shows-progress
• http://www.american.edu/TED/cuba.htm