Emerging environmental problems in a tourist zone: The case of Barbados

In Caribbean islands like Barbados, damage to shallow water corals, nutrient enrichment and bacteriological contamination of coastal waters, and beach depletion are emerging environmental problems which could pose long term difficulties for the growing tourist industry. Policymakers need to pay more attention to the implementation of environmental regulations already on the books which can arrest these undesirable trends and protect the natural amenities on which much of the tourist appeal of the region is based