Adapting and reacting to Covid-19: Tourism and resilience in the South Pacific

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dc.citation.issue1
dc.citation.volume6
dc.contributor.authorMovono A
dc.contributor.authorScheyvens R
dc.date.accessioned2023-11-03T05:06:16Z
dc.date.available2022-03-01
dc.date.available2023-11-03T05:06:16Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-01
dc.description.abstractAs with small islands around the globe, many of the island states of the South Pacific are heavily dependent on tourism revenue. This article examines how tourism development and its disturbance by Covid-19 has influenced socio-cultural and economic changes among Indigenous communities in Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Cook Islands, and Fiji. In particular, it demonstrates how the cessation of international tourism in established destination communities has created shifts in the way people live and their livelihood approaches which have moved towards a revival of customary practices. This study was led by Massey University researchers through partnerships with research associates (RAs) based in-country: an online survey and on-site interviews by RAs, along with Zoom interviews by the authors, provided primary data. The paper argues that although Covid-19 has had difficult financial consequences, it has also motivated innovative, culturallybased responses that allow people to adapt effectively to the loss in income associated with border closures. Such changes point to valuable lessons that could inform the management of more resilient tourism in the Pacific.
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dc.format.extent124 - 150 (27)
dc.identifierhttps://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/103408
dc.identifier.citationPacific Dynamics, 2022, 6 (1), pp. 124 - 150 (27)
dc.identifier.doi10.26021/12509
dc.identifier.elements-id455146
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn2463-641X
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10179/17448
dc.publisherMacmillan Brown Centre for Pacific Studies
dc.publisher.urihttps://ir.canterbury.ac.nz/handle/10092/103408
dc.relation.isPartOfPacific Dynamics
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0
dc.titleAdapting and reacting to Covid-19: Tourism and resilience in the South Pacific
dc.typeJournal article
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pubs.organisational-group/Massey University
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences
pubs.organisational-group/Massey University/College of Humanities and Social Sciences/School of People, Enviroment and Planning
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