Sounds like some socialist babble and I say this as someone who prefers socialism over capitalism. And I be like your posts. But this is socialist babble. Unless you Trinidad, Cuba or Haiti(which has minimal and agriculture potential but thats a whole other story) you as a Caribbean country DEPENDS on tourism. Most Caribbeans are not even against tourism it helps employ many of them and heck most are welcoming of westerners. Fact is the Caribbean has little resources it can exploit their tiny ass islands in the middle of a sea. Outside of agriculture there are hardly any economic gains outside of tourism.
And WTF do you mean "slums." Unless you talking about Jamaica, DR or MAYBE Trinidad??? I went to the Bahamas twice and the Bahamas is among the RICHEST nations(via GDP per capita) in the western hemisphere with a stable economy. The only people in poverty there are the Haitian migrants. I know because... I been there twice. That is what tourism has done for the Bahamas and i DARE you to find a Bahamian complaining about tourism in the Bahamas. Same thing for Barbados. Heck most Caribbean countries outside of the larger ones aren't even poor. This is what I mean with people who hardly travel. Labadee, Haiti is an EXAMPLE of what you're talking about.
PS: I don't even like resorts.
The Coli just says anything. The Bahamas, Barbados, Aruba, Curacao, St Lucia, Virgin Islands and even communist ass Cuba are stable ass places to visit.
) dudes that would stand outside the buildings on the lawn all throughout the night, they didnt move at all either/stayed in position 
nikka they getting our tourism dollars.