Determinants of Small Pacific Island Tourism: A Vanuatu Study

Cassidy, Frances; Brown, Les

doi:10.1080/10941661003629953

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“…Other researchers have examined aspects of destination marketing including Murdy and Pike (2012) [15]. Some research has also been conducted into examining destinations as an experience provided for tourists (Cassidy & Brown 2010) [16].…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The economic growth of peripheral economies was researched by Chaperon and Bramwell (2013) [24] and Seetanah (2011) [25] and found the tourism significantly contributes to the economic growth of the peripheral economies. While Cassidy and Brown (2010) [16] researched the most important influences on the decision to visit peripheral islands and found that climate and reputation of the holiday destination were important.…”

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The peripheral and core tourism experiences A conceptual study in Australia

Cassidy¹

2016

Fifth International Conference on Advances in Economics, Management and Social Study - EMS 2016

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This conceptual study examines peripheral and core tourism experiences in Australia using online data collection of reviews by tourists. To date most of the obvious and major tourism factors have been researched and recognized as a single driver to a tourist community including major events, major attractions and popular well known world locations (Crompton & McKay 1997)[1], while little is known of how these factors contribute to initial and subsequent visits to a destination. Limited research has been conducted in tourism to ascertain how the choice of destination contributes to the over success and visitation in a region (Schmallegger & Carson 2010)[2]. Other fields of product and service marketing recognize the premise of core and peripheral attributes as consumption motivators (Qu, Kim & Im 2011)[3]. Applied in tourism core and peripheral factors suggest the notion of a core or main experience to a destination such as a major attraction or major event with a peripheral experience suggested as an augmentation, such as local unique cultural phenomena, local produce, culture and arts and local attractions. Future research into peripheral tourism experiences will allow a typology to be developed advancing a management framework for peripheral tourism operators and stakeholders to assist in improving the appeal and success of these destinations and peripheral experiences in Australia.

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The peripheral and core tourism experiences A conceptual study in Australia

Cassidy¹

2016

Fifth International Conference on Advances in Economics, Management and Social Study - EMS 2016

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“…Although dependence on tourism is high, development of the sector to a large extent has occurred on Efate, the main island, with outer islands being neglected. Apart from tourism receipts, remittance flows, following the introduction of the Recognized Seasonal Employer Scheme by New Zealand and later the Seasonal Pilot Worker Scheme by Australia, are another important source of foreign currency [19][20]. Nearly 62% of visitors to Vanuatu originate from Australia, followed by 12% from New Zealand and 12% from New Caledonia, mainly Melanesians of Vanuatu origin visiting relatives especially during the months of December and January.…”

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Promoting sustainable tourism in the Pacific Forum Island countries

Saverimuttu

Varua

2014

WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment

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Tourism is vital to the sustainability and development of the Pacific Forum Island economies. Australia and New Zealand are major markets for these island nations followed by the US and Japan. The region is prone to tropical cyclones, in most years, typically occurring during the months of November to April. This paper investigates the impact of tourism on economic growth and its contribution to employment in Fiji, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu. The paper also examines the impact of income (GDP) growth in visitor origin countries (Australia, New Zealand and the US), the inertial effect on travel destination choice, investment in travel and tourism and extreme weather conditions on tourism receipts in these countries using panel data analysis. In 2012, tourism's contribution to GDP ranged between an estimated 14.2% of GDP (Tonga) and 50.7% (Vanuatu). The contribution to employment ranged between 13.8% (Tonga) and 44.9% (Vanuatu) of total employment. Travel and Tourism investment ranged between 11.1% (Tonga) of total investment and 28.1% (Fiji). The variable for investment in travel and tourism was not significant which was not surprising. The variable for extreme weather was also not significant, suggesting that other factors mitigate the impact of the seasonal cyclones on tourist arrivals. The impact of Australian GDP was significant but negative, implying that Australian tourists preferred to travel elsewhere rather than to Pacific Island destinations when their income increased. The impact of all other variables tested on tourism receipts was significant and positive. The paper concludes with recommendations to improve the long term sustainability of tourism in this region.

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“…The importance of tourism for small islands has been noted by several authors, but mostly from the perspective of an individual island destination (for instance Ledesma-Rodríguez et al, 2001;Cassidy & Brown, 2010;Prideax & McNamara, 2012;Sharpley, 2014;Cañizares et al, 2015) or a region (typically islands in the Caribbean -see Archibald & LaCorbiniere, 2008;Laframboise et al, 2014). The contribution of tourism for economic growth and development is particularly acknowledged with regard to the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) (UNWTO, 2014) and is recognised by governments and administrations of the majority of SIDS, especially those that are dependent on tourism in terms of its share of exports and contribution to GDP.…”

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Determinants of tourism flows in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

Vitova¹,

Harmáček²,

Opršal³

2019

ISJ

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This paper analyses factors affecting arrivals of international tourists into countries denoted as Small Island Developing States (SIDS). These destinations are paired to all potential countries of origin for which the data was available in the UNWTO database for at least one year over the studied period 1995-2014. The dynamic panel data regression techniques within the gravity approach scheme are applied to identify the significance and importance of different factors of international tourist arrivals into SIDS. These factors are subsequently compared in terms of their significance and relevance across the three geographic sub-regions of SIDS. The results show that tourism flows into SIDS are highly persistent. They depend on the accessibility of destinations, tourism infrastructure development, political stability, and levels of economic development of destinations as well as countries of origin. Exchange rate, weather, and language and historical (colonial) links also play significant roles. The regional comparison reveals that the significance and importance of these factors among the three subregions vary only modestly.

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Determinants of Small Pacific Island Tourism: A Vanuatu Study

Cited by 14 publications

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The peripheral and core tourism experiences A conceptual study in Australia

The peripheral and core tourism experiences A conceptual study in Australia

Promoting sustainable tourism in the Pacific Forum Island countries

Determinants of tourism flows in Small Island Developing States (SIDS)

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