Is Tourism Still the Plantation Economy of The South Pacific

The Case of Fiji

Bibliographic Data

ID11411908
AuthorsC M Hall (0000-0002-7734-4587, corresponding author)
Year1994
Volume19
Issue1
Pages41-48
Publication date1994-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueTourism Recreation Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0250-8281 • E-ISSN: 2320-0308
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/02508281.1994.11014692
OpenAlexW2247763273
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited11

Several commentators have described international tourism in the South Pacific as having the characteristics of a new plantation economy. This paper examines this proposition with reference to tourism development in Fiji. Although several aspects of the industry are dominated by foreign interests and do show some of the attributes of a plantation economy it is argued that the development of secondary tourism opportunities and the absence of a single source of foreign investment in the tourism industry provides the Fijian government with a higher degree of bargaining power in its International relations. Nevertheless, threats to tourism development still remain in the form of political instability and dependence on foreign-controlled aviation linkages

Agricultural economics · Archaeology · Business · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Geography · Tourism · Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration · Cruise Tourism Development and Management · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs

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