Green Energy in the Caribbean: Influence on Toursim and Economic Development

Tatiana Tazikhina


Financial University under the Government of Russian Federation, Department of Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance, 49, Leningradsky Prospekt, Moscow, 125993, Russian Federation (Russian Federation)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3763-4213

Vladimir Kvasha


Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Yaroslavl branch, Kooperativnaya st., 12A, Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl region, 150003, Russian Federation (Russian Federation)
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2929-9010

Yulia Solovova


MGIMO University, International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy 76, Prospect Vernadskogo Moscow, 119454, Russian Federation (Russian Federation)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4555-0618

Igbal Guliev

guliyevia@bk.ru
MGIMO University, International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, Address: 76, Prospect Vernadskogo Moscow, 119454, Russian Federation (Russian Federation)
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8667-8132

Abstract

The green energy agenda has become one of the most important issues in international relations. Many island states of the Oceania have taken the course of green economy construction. The Caribbean states are in some way similar to the Oceania ones and have also made several steps towards greener future. Some of these states are tightly connected with international tourism, leading to the high dependence of their economies from touristic revenues. The article examines this interconnection, including economic component in the analysis. The major question of the article is how does (or doesn’t) tourism influence the development of green energy in the Caribbean states. The two major economies examined in the region are Cuba and Dominican Republic as the two examples of the totally different economic systems and approaches to the development of the green energy. The key findings of the article include such conclusions as the possibility of synergetic  interdependence between tourism, economy and green energy and the positive effects this interdependence has. The other finding is that the Cuban method of introducing green energy is less effective than the Dominican one. The novelty of the article includes the comparison of the two economic models in the Caribbean and the development of strategies for the green energy proliferation in the countries.


Keywords:

Caribbean, Cuba, Dominican Republic, green energy, strategy, barriers, drivers

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2022-01-03

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Tazikhina, T., Kvasha, V., Solovova, Y., & Guliev, I. (2022). Green Energy in the Caribbean: Influence on Toursim and Economic Development. Problemy Ekorozwoju, 17(1), 279–287. https://doi.org/10.35784/pe.2022.1.25

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Tatiana Tazikhina 

Financial University under the Government of Russian Federation, Department of Corporate Finance and Corporate Governance, 49, Leningradsky Prospekt, Moscow, 125993, Russian Federation Russian Federation
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3763-4213

Authors

Vladimir Kvasha 

Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation, Yaroslavl branch, Kooperativnaya st., 12A, Yaroslavl, Yaroslavl region, 150003, Russian Federation Russian Federation
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2929-9010

Authors

Yulia Solovova 

MGIMO University, International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy 76, Prospect Vernadskogo Moscow, 119454, Russian Federation Russian Federation
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4555-0618

Authors

Igbal Guliev 
guliyevia@bk.ru
MGIMO University, International Institute of Energy Policy and Diplomacy, Address: 76, Prospect Vernadskogo Moscow, 119454, Russian Federation Russian Federation
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8667-8132

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