Routledge Handbook on Tourism and Small Island States in the Pacific

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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. Interdisciplinary in coverage and borne of a varied and international authorship, this handbook incorporates 27 specifically commissioned and original contributions. Structured into four thematic sections and embellished with insightful tables and illustrations throughout, the overarching ethos of this volume is to contribute to framing the role of tourism, tourism development and the tourism industry within the context of self-governing Pacific Island states faced with the challenge of pursuing an independent path of development. In doing so, the work highlights and deciphers various tourism development perplexities in the Pacific, examining closely the intersecting sociocultural, geopolitical, environmental, organizational, operational and strategic challenges. This volume, thus, discusses a range of issues: facilitators and inhibitors of tourism growth and development; climate change, ecological concerns, and eco-tourism; non-tourism and undertourism; crisis management and the COVID-19 virus; transportation and tourism infrastructural concerns; tourism policy and planning (including tourism governance); sectoral links between tourism; food and agriculture; gender and micro-entrepreneurship; community management and participation; cultural and natural heritage sites; and the handicraft industry. The work pays critical attention to the various trajectories of sustainable tourism and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Despite the many challenges and concerns raised, the book implicates the importance of good governance, progressive post-COVID-19 recovery strategies and directives, and creative and imaginative options in the successful development, re-development and advancement of tourism. As a definitive reference resource for this subject area, this handbook will be of great interest to students, researchers and academics within tourism, development studies, geography, Pacific studies, sustainability and environmental studies. Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Dedication Table of Contents List of figures List of tables List of contributors Acknowledgements Part I Tourism and small island states in the Pacific: Conceptual overview and regional context Chapter 1 Introduction: Understanding small island states and tourism in the Pacific Chapter 2 Tourism and the Sustainable Development Goals in Small Island States in the Pacific Chapter 3 Tourism and the new regional governance of ‘Pacific large ocean states’: From governance and development to metagovernance and resilience Chapter 4 Tourism mobility and transport: Issues and developments in Pacific Island states Chapter 5 Tourism and the Pacific Island economies: Outcomes and implications Chapter 6 The COVID-19 pandemic and the South Pacific: Evaluating crisis-related tourism recovery strategies Chapter 7 Mass Tourism in Small Pacific Island States: A Critical Review of Tourism Development in the Pre-COVID era Chapter 8 Deciphering tourism’s auspicious and inauspicious relationships with food and agriculture in Pacific Island states: Identifying problems and solutions Part II Tourism and island states in Melanesia Chapter 9 Australian travel writing and notions of savagery in Melanesia Chapter 10 Tourism development in the Solomon Islands: Identifying the concerns and challenges Chapter 11 Tourism policy and planning in Fiji: A critique Chapter 12 Gender empowerment in tourism development: Female bungalow hosts in Vanuatu Chapter 13 Tourism, micro-entrepreneurship, and handicrafts in the Solomon Islands Chapter 14 Community management of cultural tourism at a World Heritage Site: Intersections of the ‘local’ and ‘global’ at Chief Roi Mata’s Domain, Vanuatu Chapter 15 An assessment of the social media marketing performance of Fiji’s hotel industry before and during COVID-19 Chapter 16 Opportunities and challenges of ecotourism development in Fiji: Evidence from an eco-resort and a marine park Part III Tourism and island states in Micronesia Chapter 17 Tourism development in the Marshall Islands: Examining the challenges and opportunities Chapter 18 Deciphering the environmental challenges and advancements of tourism development in Palau Chapter 19 Utilizing Sustainable Development Goals to guide thematic tourism development in Kiribati Chapter 20 Deciphering Nauru as a non-tourism destination: Current challenges and potentialities Chapter 21 Understanding tourism development in the Federated States of Micronesia: Reshaping sustainable ways forward for a post-pandemic future Part IV Tourism and island states in Polynesia Chapter 22 Sustainable tourism planning in Samoa: Identifying the challenges and opportunities Chapter 23 Tourism in the Kingdom of Tonga: Challenges, solutions and research Chapter 24 Yoga tourism and sustainable development in Niue post-COVID: Investigating the potential for sport tourism and wellness experiences Chapter 25 Tourism development in the Cook Islands: Deconstructing the impacts and identifying a sustainable framework Chapter 26 Tuvalu: A paradise rarely visited Conclusion Chapter 27 Future research trajectories: Pacific Island tourism Index