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Acknowledgements

Chapter 1. Themes in Pacific Island Tourism
David Harrison

• The Background
• Tourism in Pacific Islands
• The Pattern of Pacific Tourism
• Pacific Island Tourism and Development
• Tourism and Sustainability
• Tourism in the Pacific: Issues Arising

• Introduction
• The Nature of Common Pool Resources
• Ecotourism as Mining or Services Provision
• Ecotourism Experience: Evidence of Sustainability and Depletion
• Problems in Managing and Allocating Common Pool Ecological Resources
• Conclusion: Management Principles and Implementation Problems

• Introduction
• Ecotourism in the Pacific
• The Makira/Central Bauro Highlands of the Solomon Islands
• Conservation and Development
• Peoples and Communities
• Background to the Ecotourism Project
• The Makira Ecotour
• The Treks
• The Benefits of Tourism in the Makira Region
• Issues and Problems Arising From the Ecotour
• The Future

• Introduction
• Devokula Village
• Motivations of the Participants
• Conflict
• Conclusion

• Introduction
• Tourism in Vanuatu
• Indigenous Tourism
• Tourist Guesthouses
• A Case Study
• Tourism, Environment, and Exchange on Tanna
• Conclusion
• Research Agenda

• Introduction
• Beqa Island
• Marlin Bay Resort
• Land
• Changes
• The Implications of Wage-Based Employment
• Resentment
• Exclusion
• Gaps in Living Standards
• Perceptions of Poverty
• Hospitality
• Distribution of Financial Rewards
• Foreign Investment
• Specialization of Labor
• Responses
• Some Further Case Studies
• Conclusion

• Introduction
• Methods
• Coping With Tourism
• Factors That Moderate the Sociocultural and Psychological Effects of Tourism
• Sociocultural-Level Variables
• Individual-Level Variables of Host Culture
• Factors Prior to Contact
• Contact Between Hosts and Guests
• Variables That Moderate During the Encounter
• Outcomes
• Conclusions

• Introduction: The Historical Setting
• Tourism in Easter Island
• Tourism and Easter Island: Prospects for the Future

• Introduction
• The Whitsundays: Location, History, and Context
• Hayman Island Tourism: The Early Years
• The Expansion of Hayman Island Tourism
• Poolside Polynesia
• Conclusion

• Tourism in Fiji
• The Development of Ecotourism in Fiji
• Conservation, Tourism, and Ecotourism in Fiji
• The Main Institutional Actors in Fiji's "Ecotourism"
• Future Prospects

• Executive Summary
• 1. The Development of Tourism in Fiji
• 2. Ecotourism and Nature-Based Tourism
• 3. Principles of Ecotourism Development in Fiji
• 4. Statements of Policy
• 5. Implementation
• 6. Conclusions

Bibliography

Author Index

Subject Index

1.1. The Pacific
3.1. The Solomon Islands
3.2. Central Makira-Bauro Highlands
4.1. The Fiji Islands
5.1. Vanuatu
6.1. Division of village land on Beqa Island
7.1. A conceptual framework for understanding sociocultural and psychological effects of tourism
8.1. Position of Rapa Nui (Easter Island)
8.2. Rapa Nui: The national park and main tourist attractions
9.1. The Whitsunday Islands
11.1. An organizational framework for ecotourism in Fiji

1.1. Tourist arrivals in the Pacific, selected islands: 1990-2000
2.1. Alternative approaches to environmental planning for development
8.1. Population trends in Easter Island: 1952-1982
8.2. Tourists visiting Easter Island, by country of residence: selected years
10.1. International arrivals in Fiji: selected years
10.2. Room distribution among members of the Fiji Hotel Association: 1998