Author: Kaye ChonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Special Issue: Work, Leisure, and Tourism in the Pacific Rim
Author: Kaye ChonTourism in Pacific Islands
Author: Stephen PrattPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317682572
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
Pacific Island Countries have been shown to be especially vulnerable to such external influences as natural disasters, political unrest and downturns in the global economy and their tourism industries have been notably affected. In particular, they typically have a narrow resource base and a fragile and often vulnerable natural environment. While there is some research on islands and small states, there is a dearth of information on the South Pacific and very little research is being undertaken in the region compared to other geographical regions in the world. This volume brings together current work in Pacific Island tourism. In this collection, three main themes arise: Images of the South Pacific; Socio-economic Impacts of Tourism; and Pacific Island Countries and the Outside World. The first focus is on the question of image, namely, stereotypes of a destination held by tourists and potential tourists, the extent to which residents, for their part, really welcome visitors, and the role tourism might play in changing pre-established images. The second theme is tourism's impacts, notably the economic and socio-cultural effects of international tourism's intrusion in the region which, though often hotly debated, have attracted relatively little empirical research. The third focus is on the challenges of how PICs articulate with their external geo-political and physical environment. These involve existing relations with formal colonial centres, geographical isolation, the need for greater air access to the outside world and for more tourists, and the continuing threat to several PICs of global warming, which increased air travel will inevitably exacerbate. This text will be of interest to tourism students, researchers and academics in the fields of tourism, development studies and cultural studies.
Special Issue: Retailing Around the Pacific Rim
Author: Andrew ParsonsHearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and MeansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance
Languages : en
Pages : 1638
Book Description
NBS Special Publication
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Weights and measures
Languages : en
Pages : 726
Book Description
Special Issue on the Frontier of Research and Development on Information Devices in the Pacific Rim [international Workshop Titled "The Frontier of Research and Development on Information Devices in the Pacific Rim", March 21-22, 2005]
Author: Special Issue
Author: Special Publication
Author: Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Ways and Means
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and MeansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Finance, Public
Languages : en
Pages : 1232
Book Description
Administration's Balance-of-payments Proposals
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and MeansPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Balance of payments
Languages : en
Pages : 1244
Book Description
Considers import restrictions and foreign travel tax to reduce balance of payments deficit. Includes "Maintaining the Strength of the U.S. Dollar in a Strong Free World Economy," by U.S. Treasury Dept, Jan. 1968 (43-224 p.), pt.1; Considers international ticket tax, travel expenditure tax, and fewer duty free exemptions to reduce balance-of-payments deficit. Includes "Report to the President of the U.S." by Industry-Government Special Task Force on Travel, Feb., 1968 (427-477 p.), pt.2.