Routledge Handbook on Tourism and Small Island States in the Pacific

ISBN-13: 9780367030322 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Stephenson, Marcus L.

Opis

This timely handbook critically examines the development and role of tourism in small Pacific Island states located across Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia. The volume presents an expansive evaluation of current issues, challenges and potentialities for the 13 self-governing states.

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Part 1 - Tourism and Small Island States: Conceptual Overview & Regional Context.  1.  Introduction - Understanding Small Island States and Tourism in the Pacific.  2.  Tourism and the Sustainable Development Goals in Small Island States in the Pacific.  3.  Tourism and the New Regional Governance of 'Pacific Large Ocean States': From Governance and Development to Metagovernance and Resilience.  4.  Tourism Mobility and Transport: Issues and Developments in Pacific Island States.  5.  Tourism and the Pacific Island Economies: Outcomes and Implications.  6.  The COVID-19 Pandemic and the South Pacific: Evaluating Crisis-related Tourism Recovery Strategies.  7.  Mass Tourism in Small Pacific Island States: A Critical Reflection of Tourism Development int he Pre-COVID Era.  8. Deciphering Tourism's Auspicious and Inauspicious Relationships with Food and Agriculture in Pacific Islands States: Identifying Problems and Solutions.  Part 2 - Tourism and Island States in Melanesia.  9.  Australian Travel Writing and Notions of Savagery in Melanesia.  10.  Tourism Development in the Soloman Islands: Identifying the Concerns and Challenges.  11.  Tourism Policy and Planning in Fiji: A Critique.  12.  Gender Empowerment in Tourism Development: Female Bungalow Hosts in Vanuatu.  13.  Tourism, Micro-entrepreneurship and Handicrafts in the Soloman Islands.  14.  Community Management of Cultural Tourism at a World Heritage Site: Intersections of the 'Local' and 'Global' at Chief Roi Mata's Domain, Vanuatu.  15.  An Assessment of Social Media Marketing Performance of Fiji's Hotel Industry before and during COVID-19.  16.  Opportunities and Challenges of Ecotourism Development in Fiji: Evidence from an Eco-rest and a Marine Park.  Part 3 - Tourism and Island States in Micronesia.  17.  Tourism Development in the Marshall Islands: Examining the Challenges and Opportunities.  18.  Deciphering the Environmental Challenges and Advancements of Tourism Development in Palau.  19.  Utilizing Sustainable Development Goals to Guide Thematic Tourism Development in Kiribati.  20.  Deciphering Nauru as a Non-tourism Destination: Current Challenges and Potentialities.  21.  Understanding Tourism Development in the Federated States of Micronesia: Reshaping Sustainable Ways Forward for a Post-pandemic future.  Part 4 - Tourism and Island States in Polynesia.  22.  Sustainable Tourism Planning in Samoa: Identifying the Challenges and Opportunities.  23.  Tourism in the Kingdom of Tonga: Challenges, Solutions and Research.  24.  Yoga Tourism and Sustainable Development in Niue: Investigating the Potential for Sport Tourism and Wellness Experiences.  25.  Tourism Development in the Cook Islands: Deconstructing the Impacts and Identifying a Sustainable Framework.  26.  Tuvalu - A Paradise Rarely Visited.  27.  Future Research Trajectories - Pacific Island Tourism.

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Marcus L. Stephenson is Professor of Tourism and Hospitality Management, and Dean of the School of Hospitality at Service Management at Sunway University (Malaysia). Prior to this appointment in October 2017, he was Professor and Head of the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management at the University of the South Pacific (Fiji). He is the co-author of Tourism and Citizenship: Rights, Freedoms and Responsibilities in the Global Order (2014, Routledge) and co-editor of International Tourism Development and the Gulf Cooperation Council States: Challenges and Opportunities (2017, Routledge). He has conducted tourism research in the Caribbean, Middle East, Pacific Island states, and the United Kingdom and has published extensively on the sociology of tourism.