There are approximately 546 hotel rooms on Exuma, divided
between 16 properties. Sandals Emerald Bay is the largest with 245
rooms, but other luxury condominium properties (Grand Isle and
February Point) accountfor 114 units). Eight resorts have ten rooms
or less (e.g. boutique resorts), and five hotels have 10 to 40 rooms.
Tourism produces an estimated 50 to 60% of the Gross Domestic
Product of The Bahamas; the hospitality industry directly or indirectly
employs 50 to 60% of the total workforce (Labour Market
Information Newsletter, 2011), and tourism is the primary economic
focus for Exuma. This study provides an opportunity for demonstrating potential methods for resort food waste removal
and composting appropriate for the available scale and resources
of small islands.