Small is beautiful and sustainable? Tourism on Niue, the Rock of the Pacific

Over the past decades many island states have become internationally important places of tourism consumption and as a consequence tourism has often developed into an important column of the local economy. However, it appears that micro islands are often excluded from the scholarly debate on sustaina...

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Main Authors: Reiser, D., Pforr, Christof
Other Authors: Ramash Durbarry
Format: Conference Paper
Published: The University of Technology, Mauritius and the University of Bedfordshire’s Institute for Tourism Research (INTOUR) 2011
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37354
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description Over the past decades many island states have become internationally important places of tourism consumption and as a consequence tourism has often developed into an important column of the local economy. However, it appears that micro islands are often excluded from the scholarly debate on sustainability in island tourism although their small size, limited resource base and also a high dependency on foreign aid and thus a particularly strong reliance on international tourism trade warrant further research. This paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of the role tourism plays on the micro island of Niue in the South Pacific. There are many unique characteristics which make Niue a very interesting case example to further explore the sustainability of future tourism development on the island.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-373542023-01-27T05:52:10Z Small is beautiful and sustainable? Tourism on Niue, the Rock of the Pacific Reiser, D. Pforr, Christof Ramash Durbarry Andrew Holden Over the past decades many island states have become internationally important places of tourism consumption and as a consequence tourism has often developed into an important column of the local economy. However, it appears that micro islands are often excluded from the scholarly debate on sustainability in island tourism although their small size, limited resource base and also a high dependency on foreign aid and thus a particularly strong reliance on international tourism trade warrant further research. This paper aims to contribute to a better understanding of the role tourism plays on the micro island of Niue in the South Pacific. There are many unique characteristics which make Niue a very interesting case example to further explore the sustainability of future tourism development on the island. 2011 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37354 The University of Technology, Mauritius and the University of Bedfordshire’s Institute for Tourism Research (INTOUR) restricted
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Small is beautiful and sustainable? Tourism on Niue, the Rock of the Pacific
title Small is beautiful and sustainable? Tourism on Niue, the Rock of the Pacific
title_full Small is beautiful and sustainable? Tourism on Niue, the Rock of the Pacific
title_fullStr Small is beautiful and sustainable? Tourism on Niue, the Rock of the Pacific
title_full_unstemmed Small is beautiful and sustainable? Tourism on Niue, the Rock of the Pacific
title_short Small is beautiful and sustainable? Tourism on Niue, the Rock of the Pacific
title_sort small is beautiful and sustainable? tourism on niue, the rock of the pacific
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/37354