Assessing The Contribution Of Tourism To International Understanding

Abstract

This research explored the capability of tourists to affect international understanding. The study focuses on the question of whether the Barbados hotel employees have greater knowledge and more positive attitudes toward the United States than other Barbadians with less American contact. The results of 400 worker interviews indicate that while hotel employees demonstrate knowledge of and sympathy toward the United States, their performance is not significantly different from other Barbadians outside of the tourist industry.