Tourism, Land Tenure and Poverty Alleviation in Fiji

Tourism Geographies

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-25

  Scheyvens, Regina ^a   Russell, Matt ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

communal resources; Fiji; indigenous development; land tenure; pro poor tourism; small island states; sustainable development

Indexed keywords

LAND TENURE; LANDOWNERSHIP; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SMALL ISLAND STATE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

FIJI;

EID: 84857279121     PISSN: 14616688     EISSN: 14701340     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616688.2011.593188     Document Type: Article

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