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Item Sun, sand and uncertainty: the promise and peril of a Pacific tourism bubble(The Conversation Media Group Ltd, 2020-06-08) Scheyvens R; Movono AItem Pacific tourism is desperate for a vaccine and travel freedoms, but the industry must learn from this crisis(The Conversation Media Group Ltd, 2020-11-25) Movono A; Scheyvens RItem Traditional skills help people on the tourism-deprived Pacific Islands survive the pandemic(The Conversation Media Group Ltd, 2020-11-02) Scheyvens R; Movono AItem Why NZ’s tough coronavirus travel rules are crucial to protecting lives at home and across the Pacific(The Conversation Media Group Ltd, 2020-03-17) Scheyvens RItem International development and tourism geographies(Taylor and Francis Group, 2024-03-19) Scheyvens RThis commentary reviews the state of tourism and international development scholarship with special attention to publications from this journal, Tourism Geographies. Rather than assuming that tourism is the end game, or goal, as a body of researchers tourism geographers have often identified concerns about the exploitative impacts of tourism development on low income communities and countries, and negative environmental implications, especially when tourism is externally-driven. However, many of us have also asked, ‘can tourism contribute effectively to international development, and if so, how?’. The articles resulting from this line of research focus on a range of approaches, from sustainable tourism through to inclusive and regenerative tourism, which show that there are ways in which tourism can facilitate rather than impede development. In a neoliberal-dominant world facing significant challenges including climate change, structural inequalities and complex conflicts, it is more important than ever that we keep this question–can tourism contribute to development and if so, how? - central to our research. After providing a concise history of research in this field, this article will discuss the value of some recent trends in tourism scholarship, as well as identifying research gaps and pointing to future directions for research by tourism geographers.