Pacific peoples and the pandemic: exploring multiple well-beings of people in tourism-dependent communities

dc.citation.issue1
dc.citation.volume31
dc.contributor.authorScheyvens RA
dc.contributor.authorMovono A
dc.contributor.authorAuckram S
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-31T00:02:05Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-03T04:54:59Z
dc.date.available2023-10-31T00:02:05Z
dc.date.available2023-11-03T04:54:59Z
dc.date.issued2023-01-01
dc.description.abstractThis article aims to examine how the border closures due to Covid-19 have impacted the well-being of Pacific peoples. Many women, men and children living on islands around the South Pacific live in households that depend on tourism income to provide for the majority of their cash needs, thus the pandemic has delivered a devastating financial blow to them. Nevertheless, an online survey combined with interviews in five Pacific countries shows that many people have drawn on their traditional skills combined with cultural systems, social capital and access to customary land to ensure that their well-being is maintained despite major decreases in household income. Others, however, have been more vulnerable, struggling with reductions in their mental health and increases in household conflict, for example. As well as this, the research data reveals that there needs to be a consideration of the spiritual aspect of well-being as something that is of deep importance for Pacific peoples and can provide them with great comfort and support during times of shocks. We will elucidate what can be learned from this in terms of planning for more just, sustainable tourism.
dc.format.pagination111-130
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dc.identifier.citationScheyvens RA, Movono A, Auckram S. (2023). Pacific peoples and the pandemic: exploring multiple well-beings of people in tourism-dependent communities. Journal of Sustainable Tourism. 31. 1. (pp. 111-130).
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09669582.2021.1970757
dc.identifier.eissn1747-7646
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.issn0966-9582
dc.identifier.urihttps://mro.massey.ac.nz/handle/10179/69007
dc.publisherTaylor and Francis Group
dc.relation.isPartOfJournal of Sustainable Tourism
dc.rights(c) 2021 The Author/s
dc.rightsCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjecttourism
dc.subjectPacific
dc.subjectCovid-19
dc.subjectpandemic
dc.subjectwell-being
dc.subjectculture
dc.subjectspirituality
dc.subjecttradition
dc.subjectland
dc.subjectjustice
dc.subjectwellbeing
dc.titlePacific peoples and the pandemic: exploring multiple well-beings of people in tourism-dependent communities
dc.typeJournal article
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