The contribution of tourism to the development of FIJI and other pacific island countries

Handbook of Tourism Economics: Analysis, New Applications and Case Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 741-761

  Harrison, David ^a   Prasad, Biman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC   (Fiji)

Author keywords

Development; Employment; Foreign exchange; GDP; Pacific island countries; Poverty alleviation; Structure of tourism

Indexed keywords

EID: 84974571325     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789814327084_0032     Document Type: Chapter

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