La Baie du Marin (Martinique) : l’organisation d’un nouvel espace touristique autour de la plaisance

This paper studies the stages of the development of the port of Marin (Martinique). In the space of a score of years, the port became one of the principal places of reception of the sailing ships in the islands of the Caribbean Sea. The new tourist and recreation uses are at the origin of a reorgani...

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Main Author: Olivier Dehoorne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université des Antilles 2007-08-01
Series:Études Caribéennes
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/381
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Summary:This paper studies the stages of the development of the port of Marin (Martinique). In the space of a score of years, the port became one of the principal places of reception of the sailing ships in the islands of the Caribbean Sea. The new tourist and recreation uses are at the origin of a reorganization of the local economy. The rise of navigation gives a new identity to the place which resembles moreover more one tourist station open on the international one. The development of the port of Marin fits from now on in logics regional and international of the world of the sailing.
ISSN:1779-0980
1961-859X