Prideaux, B. and McNamara, Karen (2012) Turning a global crisis into a tourism opportunity: the perspective from Tuvalu. International Journal of Tourism Research, NA . NA. ISSN 1099-2340
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Abstract
The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008/ 2009 had a major impact on many small island states. In the case of Tuvalu, the GFC uncovered structural weaknesses in the national economy including the need to build alternative sources of income. Given the country’s location and its rich marine resources, tourism is possibly the only new industry that has some capacity to generate new revenue streams. This article examines the problems that the country will face if it decides to pursue tourism and offers three options for tourism development including diving, ‘off the beaten track’ experiences and voyeuristic ‘last chance’ tourism.
Item Type: | Journal Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | climate change;infrastructure;Global Financial Crisis;peripheral;sustainability;Tuvalu |
Subjects: | T Technology > TX Home economics |
Divisions: | Pacific Centre for Environment and Sustainable Development (PACE-SD) |
Depositing User: | Ms Shalni Sanjana |
Date Deposited: | 24 Jan 2013 00:27 |
Last Modified: | 09 Jan 2017 22:21 |
URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/5461 |
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