Growth of mass tourism in the Eastern Caribbean (1950–2000)

1. Jet-age air travel reaches the Eastern Caribbean

   May 2, 1952Labels: Jet age, Eastern Caribbean

   • Britannica
   • Science Museum

2. LIAT founded to link Eastern Caribbean islands

   Oct 20, 1956Labels: LIAT, Inter-island flights

   • LIAT 1974

3. Barbados creates a dedicated tourism board

   Jan 1, 1960Labels: Barbados Tourism, Barbados

   • Barbados Tourism

4. Barbados opens Bridgetown Deep Water Harbour

   May 6, 1961Labels: Port of, Barbados

   • Barbados Port
   • Tourism Barbados

5. Hilton Barbados opens, expanding resort capacity

   Jan 1, 1966Labels: Hilton Barbados, International hotel

   • Barbados Tourism

6. Barbados becomes independent, prioritizing tourism

   Nov 30, 1966Labels: Barbados independence, Barbados

   • UK Act
   • History Barbados

7. Saint Lucia gains independence amid tourism expansion

   Feb 22, 1979Labels: Saint Lucia

   • St Lucia Gov
   • Constitution

8. Barbados opens a new airport terminal building

   Nov 1, 1979Labels: Bridgetown airport, Barbados

   • GAIA History

9. OECS formed to deepen Eastern Caribbean coordination

   Jun 18, 1981Labels: OECS, Eastern Caribbean

   • OECS EN
   • OECS Treaty

10. Antigua and Barbuda becomes independent

    Nov 1, 1981Labels: Antigua and, Antigua

    • Britannica
    • UN iLibrary

11. ECCB launches, stabilizing the Eastern Caribbean currency union

    Oct 1, 1983Labels: ECCB, Eastern Caribbean

    • ECCB News

12. Grenada opens Point Salines airport to commercial service

    Oct 28, 1984Labels: Point Salines, Grenada

    • GAA About
    • NYT 1984

13. Caribbean Tourism Organization forms through institutional merger

    Jan 1, 1989Labels: Caribbean Tourism, CTO

    • CTO History
    • UIA CTRDC

14. Tourism becomes a dominant economic pillar by 2000

    Jan 1, 2000Labels: Mass tourism, Eastern Caribbean

    • WorldData
    • GAIA History