2. Climate change matters to you and me. Tourism in the era of climate change.

3. Definition of Tourism. People traveling to and staying in places outside their country in order to experience different activities, services and industries that delivers a travel experience.

4. Definition of Climate Change. A large scale long term shift in the planets weather pattern or average temperature.

5. You might have to change your vacation time if the climate continues to adjust and change at the rate it is doing now. Less guest will come to the Caribbean.

6. When the tourist come to the Caribbean, especially snorkelers and divers they want to see fish and other marine life.

8. Some come for the food, especially sea food. FISH.

9. Climate Change has affect the Tourist industry in many ways. Some changes are readily seen by all. Changes like how cold the oceans have become during time when it should be warm. We use to have the Rain Season and the Dry Season. Now we are not sure when is what.

10. Let me tell you a tale, well not really it is a true story, a fish story that highlights Climate Change and how it has not only affects Tourism but other areas of our lives The Story of the Flying Fish of Barbadoes.

11. The year is 2006. Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago went to the Permanent Court of Arbitration to resolve a maritime boarder dispute that came about because of the Flying Fish and Climate change.

12. Flying Fish and cou-cou is the Barbados national dish. Cou-cou is a dish mainly comprising of corn meal and okra. The fish is usually prepared fried or steamed. This meal is a favorite for lots of visitors to Barbados, especially those who enjoy the gastronomic side of the islands.

13. In the years leading up to 2006 the Barbados fishermen noted that they were catching less and less flying fish. In order to meet the demand for flying fish Barbados was forced to import the delicacy. For the people of Barbados this fish is a cultural and economic matter.

14. The Barbados fishermen followed the flying fish into the Trinidad and Tobago territorial waters in order to get their precious catch, to keep their families, customers and the tourist satisfied. This action was challenged by the Trinidad authorities and legal proceedings followed. This came about because of climate change, warmer waters, changing eco systems and the fish follow their food source.

15. Around the same time in St. Lucia we also noticed that there were no flying fish leaping out of the water as the dive boats make their way to the various dive sites. This sometimes serves as a distraction or attraction to the divers as they pass the time to the dive sites.

16. With the changes in the ocean currents and temperature it will affect the movement of our marine eco systems. As their food source moves so the fish moves. The warmer the ocean gets the less lobster and other crustacean will breed, and grow so there will be less lobsters for our divers and snorkelers to see, and less to be consumed by our guest and locals alike.

17. Climate change is real and it is affecting Tourism in a real way, if our weather in the Caribbean get colder the Tourist will not want to come. If our ocean temperature continues to changes that will affect our marine life, that will affect what we eat, and what we offer our guest to eat.

18. CLIMATE CHANGE MATTERS TO YOU AND ME.