Tourism Development in Small Island Countries

This work analyzes significant issues in tourism development facing Pacific island countries and suggests possible solutions to current difficulties. It provides an appraisal of the islands, focusing on their environmental limitations and economic disadvantages. Key issues of regional co-operation, sustainable development, foreign investment, tourism planning, and eco-tourism are examined. The book poses critical questions which may determine the future of tourism activity in the region. Twenty-one Pacific island nations are profiled in an appendix.
 
This work analyzes significant issues in tourism development facing Pacific island countries and suggests possible solutions to current difficulties. It provides an appraisal of the islands, focusing on their environmental limitations and economic disadvantages. Key issues of regional co-operation, sustainable development, foreign investment, tourism planning, and eco-tourism are examined. The book poses critical questions which may determine the future of tourism activity in the region. Twenty-one Pacific island nations are profiled in an appendix.