Abstract
This is the story of a non-existent island and of its development into a tourist center. No such solution to the local economy would have been possible a generation ago, when world markets were remote in distance and time. Then, the sur plus population of Boola-Boola would have either migrated or starved.
Today, with over-population a problem in most of the world, few countries welcome immigrants, especially those without skills. The commodity market is world-wide and highly competitive. Thus the area without rich natural resources or highly productive agriculture or well-developed industry or skillful labor must find other avenues for people to earn a livelihood.
Tourism is becoming a partial solution to eco nomic needs, not only for islands in the sun but also for economically depressed areas in the United States. Boola-Boola sought capital in the international money market. Domestic regions turn for aid to philanthropic foundations and to the state and federal governments.-The Editors
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