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This manual was compiled to provide a comprehensive reference document on traditional and non-traditional careers in tourism and where education/training can be obtained within the Caribbean region.

The 2020 Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Policy and Development Framework (CSTPDF 2020), is an update to the previous Caribbean Sustainable Tourism Policy Framework (CSTPF) published in 2008.  It is designed to support the development and use of sustainable tourism related policies, strategies and practices in member countries of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) in the Caribbean.

Compete Caribbean developed a toolkit useful for potential tour operators considering developing community-based tourism experiences or any product that relies on community engagement. Discussions range from quality assurance to determining market readiness.

This collection of country protocols by the CTO includes COVID-19 protocols for Barbados, Belize, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St. Maarten, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, The Bahamas, and Turks and Caicos. The resource includes guidelines and checklists for safely resuming business operations and resorting tourism to the region.

The CTO and the George Washington University (GWU) developed a Destination Dashboard for Recovery Template and Guide to support destination management organizations easily find, organize, and present timely information about COVID-19 pandemic health updates, industry performance indicators, and traveler sentiment data.

The CTO and the George Washington University (GWU) developed a Digital Toolkit for Tourism SMEs which provides guidance on how businesses can utilize digital resources to help in their recovery planning during and after the COVID-19 pandemic crisis.

This CTO manual provides a series of case studies to illustrate the varied approaches used to meet the challenge of heritage tourism development across the Caribbean, and the benefits that it can bring. These are formed into a strategic business management model that provides a guideline to enhance the quality, viability, and preservation of their heritage tourism offer.

This CTO compendium includes tourism disaster and crisis management resources for the Caribbean and Pacific Ocean regions.

This Multi-Hazard Risk Management Guide for the Caribbean Tourism Sector was designed as a practical tool, addressing all phases of the Disaster Management cycle with a comprehensive and well-articulated treatment of the range of natural and other hazards, which can affect the Caribbean tourism industry. The Guide incorporates climate and disaster risk mitigation and adaptation strategies providing structured guidance and templates to function as a Tourism Sector DRM Road-map that covers (i) mitigation; (ii) preparedness; (iii) response; and (iv) recovery including business continuity.