This is the first volume to examine and shed significant light on the issues, challenges and prospects presented by foreign direct investment (FDI) in tourism - a topic of increasing relevance in light of the covid-19 pandemic and economic consequences.
* First book dedicated to the subject of tourism FDI, which is becoming increasingly relevant with the effects of covid-19.
* Balance of theoretical and practical applications with the use of international cases studies from a variety of destinations that have received FDI.
* Draws on the experience of highly regarded tourism researchers from all over the world.
H. Cristina Joensson is a Lecturer at The University of the West Indies, Barbados. She holds a PhD in Tourism awarded by the Sheffield Business School at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. Before joining The University of the West Indies, Cristina was a municipal tourism manager in Sweden. She has extensive knowledge and experience from planning, development and management in the international tourism sector and has worked with both private and public sector organisations in various countries. Cristina's wide cultural familiarity along with mastering seven languages has been a great asset in all projects, research and collaborations, as well as translation and interpretation work. Her current research interests include foreign direct investment (FDI) in tourism, small island tourism, sport tourism, post pandemic migration and tourism mobilities.
Section I: Introduction. 1. An Overview of Tourism-related Foreign Direct Investment (TFDI). Section II : Current Issues in Achieving Sustainable Foreign Direct Investment in Tourism. 2: Foreign direct investment in tourism: host destination opportunities and challenges. 3. Local impacts and perceptions of tourism foreign direct investment (TFDI): A conceptual framework. 4. Tourism FDI and sustainable development in Mauritius. A dynamic investigation. 5. Institutional influences on national tourism-related foreign direct investment (TFDI) policies and programmes: Kyrgyzstan, Central. Section III: Destination Case Studies in Tourism Foreign Direct Investment. 6. Panel Analysis of FDI Determinants in Tourism Industry Revisited: New Evidence from France. 7. Why Croatia still needs FDI in tourism? Insights and evidence. 8. Foreign Direct Investment, Tourism Development, and Economic Growth: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa. 9. The relationship between FDI and tourism growth: A Case Study of China. 10. Foreign Direct Investment in Nature Tourism: A Proposed Model for Economic Development of Bangladesh. 11. Effect of Foreign Direct Investment in Tourism on Economic Growth: Empirical Study in Indonesia. 12. Experienced 'realities' of Tourism Foreign Direct Investment: Empirical evidence from Barbados. Section IV: Conclusions. 13. Current Knowledge and Future Research Directions in Tourism Foreign Direct Investment.