Tourism in Pacific Islands (eBook, ePUB)

Current Issues and Future Challenges
Redaktion: Pratt, Stephen; Harrison, David

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Over the past two decades, tourism has become the major driver of economic growth in many Pacific Island countries.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 322
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317682578
• Artikelnr.: 42368891

Autorenporträt

Stephen Pratt is Assistant Professor at the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. His main research interests lie in the areas of economic impacts of tourism, tourism marketing, sustainable tourism and tourism in the South Pacific. David Harrison was from 2008 until early 2014 Professor and Head of the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management, University of the South Pacific, Fiji. He is now Professor of Tourism at Middlesex University, London. His primary interests are the economic, social and cultural aspects of tourism in developing countries, and he has carried out research and written on tourism in the Eastern Caribbean, Southern Africa, Eastern Europe, South-East Asia and the South Pacific.

Inhaltsangabe

Section 1: Background 1. Tourism in Pacific Islands: Current Issues and
Future Challenges David Harrison and Stephen Pratt 2. Colonisation,
Decolonisation and Tourism in the French Pacific Anne-Marie d'Hauteserre
Section 2: Images of the South Pacific 3.Early nineteenth century images of
Fiji: postcards from the other side David Harrison 4. The Touristic
Construction of the Amiable Fijian Yoko Kanemasu 5. Debunking Pacific
Utopias: Chief Roi Mata's Domain and the Reimagining of People and Place in
Vanuatu Joseph Cheer, Keir Reeves and Jennifer Laing Section 3:
Socio-economic Impacts of Tourism 6. Adapting and Reacting to Tourism
Development: A tale of two villages on Fiji's Coral Coast Apisalome Movono,
Stephen Pratt and David Harrison 7. Vanua Tourism: Are Culture and
Tradition Influencing the Success of Indigenous Community Owned Backpacker
Operations in Fiji? Dawn Gibson 8. Tourism and Corporate Social
Responsibility in the Pacific Regina Scheyvens and Emma Hughes 9. The
Relationship between Tourism, the Pearl and Mother of Pearl Shell Jewellery
Industries in Fiji Anand Chand, Suwastika Naidu, Paul C. Southgate and Theo
Simos 10. Linkages between Tourism and Agriculture: Stakeholder
Perspectives and Online Marketing and Promotion on the Island of Niue in
the South Pacific Evangeline Singh, Simon Milne and John Hull Section 4:
Pacific Island Countries and the Outside World 11. Air Transportation and
Tourism Development in the Pacific Semisi Taumoepeau 12.Recent Developments
and Changes in Demand for Tourism in Fij Uwe Kaufmann and Haruo Nakagawa
13. Hosting Bluewater Sailors: Destination Planning in the Tropic Pacific
Barbara Koth 14.Understanding Climate Change Vulnerability of Tourism
Destinations: Community-based Tourism in Samoa Min Jiang Terry DeLacy,
Louise Klint, Dale Dominey-Howes, Emma Calgaro and Steve Noakes 15. Climate
Change & Tourism: a focus on the South Pacific Louise Klint, Terry DeLacy,
Sebastian Filep and Dale Dominey-Howes