Tourism brings employment, investment and income to the Caribbean. People are employed directly inhotels, construction or government departments, but many more live indirectly from tourism as guides or taxidrivers. In total, the industry is the region’s biggest employer. Yet the idyllic image of Caribbean tourismconceals many areas of conflict and controversy.       The older problems largely concern the disproportionate level of foreign control over the industry and thelack of local ownership and management. They also include perceptions among many islanders that tourism is acorrupting influence, linked to crime, prostitution and drug abuse. There is also concern that the creation of largetourist developments such as golf courses is having an adverse effect on the environment and wasting limitedresources, not least water.      The growing popularity of cruise ships is another cause of criticism, as local hoteliers and restaurateurs aredeprived of business by what are effectively floating resorts. The 1990s also witnessed the growth of“ecotourism” in more remote, unspoiled islands. More “up-market” higher-spending visitors were attracted there.However, fragile ecosystems and hitherto wild rainforests cannot absorb increasing numbers of nature-lovingvisitors.
76 The passage above is mainly about ____.
(A) the history of Caribbean tourism
(B) the benefits tourism brings to the region
(C) the idyllic image of Caribbean tourism
(D) the good and bad effects of Caribbean tourism