Chinese venturers to Pacific Small Island Developing States: Travel and lifestyle

Lau, Chak Po; Fan, Daisy X.F.; Milne, Simon; Zhang, Hanqin Qiu; Sun, Minghui

doi:10.1002/jtr.2289

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“…In other countries in WHO's Western Pacific Region (WPR), Australia [10][11][12][13], New Zealand [14][15][16][17], and China [18], AMR is clearly a problem. Australia, New Zealand, and China have particularly close ties with Vanuatu and other PICTs through trade, investment, international aid, and seasonal workers [19][20][21]. Research into international travel and geographic trends in AMR has found that international mobility facilitates the spread of AMR [22].…”

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Bacteriology and Antimicrobial Resistance in Vanuatu: January 2017 to December 2019

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The World Health Organization has identified surveillance as a key objective in the containment of antimicrobial resistance. Local antimicrobial resistance surveillance data are used to generate antibiograms to monitor resistance patterns and inform clinicians in the selection of the appropriate empiric treatment when culture results are pending, or if laboratory diagnosis is unavailable. However, producing robust bacteriology data is challenging for Pacific Island Countries and Territories with limited microbiology laboratory capacity. The aim of this study is to describe pathogen occurrence and antibiotic resistance in specimens cultured at the main referral hospital in Vanuatu. We reviewed specimen culture results for the period from January 1, 2017 to December 31, 2019. Demographic and clinical data were extracted from printed and electronic registers and described and analysed. A total of 5816 specimens were cultured, of which 21% were culture positive. Staphylococcus aureus was the predominant pathogen overall (41%), and 3% of the isolates were the methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae were the most frequently isolated gram-negative pathogens, of which 14% and 26% were extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing, respectively. Our results suggest there is a need for other Pacific Island Countries and Territories to conduct similar studies. There are gaps in knowledge about antimicrobial resistance in Pacific Island Countries and Territories. Antibiograms based on reliable data will define and inform local and national actions for containing antimicrobial resistance. There is also a need to establish a regional surveillance network to strengthen national efforts and to link surveillance data for collaborative action against antimicrobial resistance.

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Bacteriology and Antimicrobial Resistance in Vanuatu: January 2017 to December 2019

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“…In 2019, 26% of tourism outbound trips originated in the Asia‐Pacific region (UNWTO, 2020). Given the rise of Asian tourism (and Chinese tourism in particular) in recent decades, researchers have paid most attention to the Chinese outbound tourism market (Arlt & Burns, 2013; Li (Robert, 2016; Lau et al, 2019; Zhu et al, 2021), and to other Asian source countries and subregions (Bui & Trupp, 2020; Chang, 2015; Singh, 2009; Winter et al, 2008). Tourism certainly ceased to be a primarily Western phenomenon (Cohen & Cohen, 2014), where existing concepts of tourist motivations have been applied and further developed to other geographical and cultural contexts (Fu et al, 2017; Kau & Lim, 2005; Park & Yoon, 2009).…”

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Representing and evaluating the travel motivations of Pacific islanders

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Stephenson

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Journal of Tourism Research

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The mobility patterns and travel motivations of Pacific Islanders have largely been neglected by discourses and discussions on Asia-Pacific tourism. To examine the travel preferences and travel motivations of Pacific Islanders, we administered surveys (n = 1100) across the five Pacific Island States and Territories of Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Samoa and Solomon Islands. The research offers a comparative analysis across national boundaries by highlighting commonalities and differences among the five groups. Family, kinship and religious dimensions stand out as shared and crucial factors influencing travel preferences and travel motivations across the region. Nonetheless, the research identified differences between the Pacific communities which can be explained with each country's level of socioeconomic development, political structure, geography, cultural context and globalisation. The study advances knowledge on the mobilities and travel motivations of non-Western tourists by conceptualising the Pacific Islands from the perspective of a tourism-generating region.

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“…However, in a recent study Lau et al (2019) identified Chinese tourists' travel motivations to the Pacific SIDS, as they are receiving international investment from China and becoming a very strong destination choice for the Chinese tourist market. In this study they found that with the increase of internet coverage across China the majority of the Chinese tourists used blogs and social media platforms such as Trip Advisor as their main source of information before making decision and that their main motivations were related with enjoying family, exploring and interacting with different cultures, and they also enjoyed the exotic destination with low tourist density for true relaxation.…”

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Consumer perception of tourist experience through online reviews

Oliveira

Brochado

Moro

et al. 2019

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Purpose Overall, there is a lack of research using online reviews as a proxy of customer experience when addressing the study of tourism in island destinations. Design/methodology/approach The current investigation aims to fill this gap by focussing on an African small island developing states, i.e. Cape Verde. This paper reports of tourist reviews extracted from TripAdvisor from “two islands of the senses” as coined by this archipelago’s national tourism organization, specifically Santo Antão and Fogo islands. The data analysis was performed through Leximancer software to generate concepts out of words, followed by themes. Findings The present research focussed on experiences in island tourism to identify their main dimensions based on visitors’ narratives in online reviews. The obtained results are of potential value to the literature by contributing to a better understanding of tourist experience in the context of tourism in islands in an understudied country, Cape Verde. Originality/value Results are presented and object of discussion vis-à-vis scientific literature and conclusions put forward in this journal paper.

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Chinese venturers to Pacific Small Island Developing States: Travel and lifestyle

Cited by 8 publications

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Bacteriology and Antimicrobial Resistance in Vanuatu: January 2017 to December 2019

Bacteriology and Antimicrobial Resistance in Vanuatu: January 2017 to December 2019

Representing and evaluating the travel motivations of Pacific islanders

Consumer perception of tourist experience through online reviews

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