Capital leakage is best defined as

A) the migration of tourism away from the Caribbean market to other destinations
B) the loss of tourism revenue due to external factors (such as war or an epidemic)
C) the movement of profits to offshore accounts
D) the huge gap between gross receipts from tourism and the amount which remains in the
local island economy
E) the loss of profits due to governmental corruption


D) the huge gap between gross receipts from tourism and the amount which remains in the
local island economy

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