Influences of Climate Change on Tourism Development in Small Pacific Island States

Wolf, Franziska; Filho, Walter Leal; Singh, Priyatma; Scherle, Nicolai; Reiser, Dirk; Telesford, John N.; Miljković, Ivana Božić; Havea, Peni Hausia; Li, Chunlan; Surroop, Dinesh; Kovaleva, Marina

doi:10.3390/su13084223

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“…According to Wolf et al [74], in the light of the rising carbon footprint of the tourism industry, which has become a significant contributor to ecological imbalances, the adoption of green practices must be prioritized by the policy makers to increase resilience and the ensure sustainable development of the transforming tourism sector. At this juncture, it is imperative to promote actions and initiatives about the conservation and rational usage of resources.…”

Section: Best Practices To Secure a Sustainable Futurementioning

confidence: 99%

Tourism Sustainability and COVID-19 Pandemic: Is There a Positive Side?

Seabra

Bhatt

2022

Sustainability

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The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on the tourism industry like never before, resulting in massive losses of revenue and jobs around the world. Accordingly, the pandemic exacerbated the already existing sustainability challenges of the tourism industry. However, there is also a positive side of the pandemic which is often overlooked by international scholarship. Thus, the present study aims to review the extant literature in the area of COVID-19 and the tourism industry’s sustainability and resilience in future crises. Through a synthesis of secondary data, it was possible to bring attention to the negative as well as the positive effects of COVID-19 on the global tourism industry. This article contributed to a better understanding of the positive side of the pandemic in terms of rethinking, resetting, and redefining the industry in a more sustainable way. The study lays out a conceptual framework for tourism managers and destination planners to identify the pandemic as an opportunity and adopt sustainable solutions to deal with the post-pandemic challenges, thereby developing more sustainable and resilient tourism businesses and destinations.

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Section: Best Practices To Secure a Sustainable Futurementioning

confidence: 99%

Tourism Sustainability and COVID-19 Pandemic: Is There a Positive Side?

Seabra

Bhatt

2022

Sustainability

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“…A paradigm shift in agricultural education is relevant to the future of rural agricultural economies in response to a tourism industry that is prone to many external forces like the COVID-19 pandemic in the Pacific island countries (Bausch, Gartner, & Ortanderl, 2021;Nhamo, Dube, & Chikodzi, 2020;Wolf et al, 2021). Through sustainable rural agricultural development, new sources of revenue can be mobilized to augment the revenue from the tourism industry and improve the livelihood of the rural communities in the South Pacific island countries.…”

Section: Creation Of New Products and Servicesmentioning

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The Role of Agricultural Institutions in Providing Support Towards Sustainable Rural Development in South Pacific Island Countries

Magiri¹,

Gaundan²,

Singh³

et al. 2022

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This paper examines the agricultural training in higher education institutions and tertiary colleges, their pre-eminent role and how best they can contribute to alleviate poverty in rural communities in Fiji and other South Pacific island countries. These institutions provide support through training farmers (vocational and adult education) and/or extension officers and providing researchers. Unfortunately, agricultural training institutions are not adapting to the rapid changing times early enough and have more or less maintained the traditional way of training. There is a need for agricultural institutions to amend their programs to facilitate the new emerging areas, together with new learning and teaching frameworks, establish new partnerships with the private sector in addition to expanding their representation in governance in addition to holding continuous dialogue with policymakers. Further, these institutions can potentially showcase local customs and knowledge, mirroring the regional culture, and ethical customs of the Pacific island community, as well as global movements and development forces. In reinforcing their title role as contributors to a culture of education and rural agricultural development, we suggest that agricultural institutions engage more directly and more effectively in partnerships and dialogue with other local agricultural stakeholders and their surrounding rural communities in Fiji and other Pacific island countries.

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“…As the COVID-19 pandemic unfolds, more research on the health, socioeconomic, and cultural impacts of the pandemic on island tourism, as well as on possible future scenarios, has become available [41,45,46]. There is growing evidence of the tourism paradigm shift on development worldwide.…”

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Island Tourism-Based Sustainable Development at a Crossroads: Facing the Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Figueroa

Rotarou

2021

Sustainability

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Tourism is often seen as the ‘golden ticket’ for the development of many islands. The current COVID-19 pandemic, however, has ground global tourism to a halt. In particular, islands that depend heavily on tourist inflows—including mass-tourism islands, and small island developing states (SIDS)—have seen their revenues diminish significantly, and poverty rates increasing. Some alternative-tourism islands have fared better, as they have focused on providing personalized, nature-based experiences to mostly domestic tourists. This article focuses on the experiences of mass-tourism islands, SIDS, and alternative-tourism islands during the COVID-19 pandemic, and offers possible post-pandemic scenarios, as well as recommendations for sustainable island tourism development. Although the pandemic has largely had a negative impact on the tourism sector, this is a unique opportunity for many islands to review the paradigm of tourism development. In this newly emerging world, and under a still very uncertain future scenario, the quadriptych of sustainability is more important than ever. Responsible governance and management of islands’ natural resources and their tourism activities, addressing climate change impacts, the diversification of islands’ economies, and the promotion of innovative and personalized tourist experiences are all necessary steps towards increasing islands’ resilience in case of future economic downturn or health- and environment-related crises.

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Influences of Climate Change on Tourism Development in Small Pacific Island States

Cited by 29 publications

References 72 publications

Tourism Sustainability and COVID-19 Pandemic: Is There a Positive Side?

Tourism Sustainability and COVID-19 Pandemic: Is There a Positive Side?

The Role of Agricultural Institutions in Providing Support Towards Sustainable Rural Development in South Pacific Island Countries

Island Tourism-Based Sustainable Development at a Crossroads: Facing the Challenges of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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