The Inclusive Agenda

  Cybersecurity, and the Caribbean                                     Mitigating the risks to growth in the era of digital transformation   March 20 th , 2021                                                                                 The digital economy is the new primary economic value creator for civilization, the disruption being caused by the 4 th Industrial Revolution has, without doubt, been...

  Locally Inclusive Hospitality (LIH) Technology… the right path for Grenada’s tourism-based economy Updated March 1, 2021 I recently read an insightful article in NOW Grenada titled  “ Grenada Tourism: Why are we killing the goose? ”  by Brian Samuel.  The article essentially argued, correctly, in my view that Grenada’s tourism economy’s future should not be towards a low-end mass-market mega-resort growth agenda. But instead, a higher-end tourism growth model would be optimal. Samuel described projects like the Chinese-backed tourism one at Levera, a pristine beach location to the north of the island; and another at Mount Hartman, which is a pristine National Park, by Range Developments. Those projects are a giant move in the wrong direction Samuel argues. To his point, if one takes the time to examine the global tourism landscape, they’ll see that Samuel’s fundamental thesis makes sense. The p...