Briceno-Garmendia, CeciliaBofinger, HeinrichCubas, DianaMillan-Placci, Maria Florencia2015-07-282015-07-282014-12https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22311The island states of the eastern Caribbean are wastefully competing with each other for the lucrative, yet stagnant, stay-over tourist trade by ‘flying solo’: separately building long-haul airports and agreeing to expensive bilateral subsidy deals with airlines.1 Instead, they could vastly increase their tourist revenue and lower their costs through collaboration to remove barriers to inter-island travel. The linchpin of such joint efforts will be a hub-and spoke airline system that funnels stay-over tourists to the edge of the region and then allows them to easily fly to their final destination.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGODESTINATIONSCONSUMPTIONDRIVINGHUBTRAVELCRUISEHOTEL INDUSTRYAIRPORTPASSENGERSTOURISTSAIRLINESRUNWAYINTERNATIONAL AIRPORTTOURIST REVENUESFLOW OF TOURISTSTRENDVISITORSTOURISMTOURIST REVENUETRAVEL EXPERIENCESUBSIDYTOURISTTRAFFICTAXAIRPORTSAIRCRAFTCRUISE SHIPSAIRREGIONTOURIST SEASONREGIONAL HUBSAIR TRANSPORTDATACOSTSTRANSPORTLONG-DISTANCEAIRLINEREGIONAL AIRLINESTRANSPORT SYSTEMINVESTMENTSEDGETERMINALSSTRENGTHAIR SERVICECARIBBEAN REGIONTOURIST TRADESUBSIDIESHOTELINFRASTRUCTUREBriefWorld Bank10.1596/22311