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The Future of Pacific Tourism

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-25T19:34:46Z
dc.date.available2023-04-25T19:34:46Z
dc.date.issued2023-04-25
dc.description.abstractOver the two decades preceding the Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, tourism became one of the most important drivers of economic growth across the Pacific. The COVID-19 crisis had a devastating impact on tourism activity in the Pacific, with severe and potentially durable economic and social consequences. This study takes a fresh look at tourism’s role for development in the Pacific, its future after COVID-19, and the scope to foster a greener, more resilient, competitive, and inclusive sector. It complements and builds on the 2016 Pacific possible report, which assessed specific opportunities to increase arrivals in a context of rapid tourism growth, by considering the changes to the industry’s model that could maximize tourism’s economic, social, and environmental benefits for Pacific Islanders. It does this by: (i) taking stock of the evidence on tourism’s historical contribution to development in the Pacific Island Country (PICs) and of the COVID-19 crisis’ impacts, (ii) analyzing current obstacles and potential opportunities for a more competitive and sustainable Pacific tourism, focusing on selected issues key to target higher value markets, and (iii) recommending policy priorities and investment needs to (re)position the Pacific tourism model for the future and broaden its benefits, focusing on competitiveness, environmental sustainability, resilience and inclusiveness. Given the scarcity of data on Pacific tourism and frequent discrepancies across sources, one of the study’s main contributions is to provide a detailed quantitative assessment of the sector and its economic impacts, for instance on jobs, poverty, and public revenue, based on an extensive data collection, cross-checking and integration exercise.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099042523100019273/P177593090432b0c00b335006fc87e47169
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/39738
dc.identifier.urihttps://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/39738
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington DC
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectTOURISM
dc.subjectPACIFIC
dc.subjectCOVID-19
dc.subjectOBSTACLES
dc.subjectHIGHER VALUE MARKETS
dc.subjectPOLICIES
dc.titleThe Future of Pacific Tourismen
dc.typeReport
dspace.entity.typePublication
okr.crossref.titleThe Future of Pacific Tourism
okr.date.disclosure2023-04-25
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-25T02:23:41.718498Z
okr.date.lastmodified2023-04-25T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::General Economy, Macroeconomics and Growth Study
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099042523100019273/P177593090432b0c00b335006fc87e47169
okr.guid099042523100019273
okr.guid099717212222234209
okr.identifier.docmidP177593-90432b1d-47b5-4dc0-b335-06fc87e47169
okr.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1596/39738
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34049425
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34049425
okr.identifier.report178866
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099042523100019273/pdf/P177593090432b0c00b335006fc87e47169.pdfen
okr.region.administrativeEast Asia and Pacific
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Development
okr.topicMacroeconomics and Economic Growth::Economic Growth
okr.unitEFI-EAP-FCI-Finance-2 (EEAF2)
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