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1Responsible Tourism Code for the Pacific  pop

Developed by Dev-Zone, the aim of the Responsible Tourism Code for the Pacific is to educate travellers about how to behave more responsibly (both culturally and environmentally, and as a consumer) while on holiday in the Pacific. The Responsible Tourism Code does not endorse particular tourism and travel ventures but rather encourages tourists to take responsibility for their own choices and behaviour. We hope people use the Code as a guide in making their travel decisions but we also see the Code as a starting point for something more - encouraging people in Aotearoa to discuss and debate the issues of tourism and development. The Code is free to download and use and can be distributed by anybody. Please visit the website for the code.

http://www.responsibletourism.org.nz/index.html

(Added: Wed May 26 2004   Modified: Wed Jun 21 2006   Hits: 1051)

SPTO Tourism Toolkit

The SPTO Tourism Toolkit is designed to support local small and medium-sized enterprises in the small island nations of the South Pacific, this Toolkit focuses on the need to secure competitive advantage for the industry in terms of value, quality, consistency, presentation and service. Includes sections on IT, Marketing, Greening your Business Networking and Culture.

http://nztri.aut.ac.nz/pacifictoolkit/pages/viewpage.php?page=10

(Added: Mon Mar 31 2008   Hits: 47)

The Con/Dominion of Vanuatu? Paying the Price of Investment and Land Liberalisation - a case study of Vanuatu's Tourism Industry (pdf)

Tourism is a large and growing industry for many Pacific Island nations. The tourist industry has both costs and benefits for countries which choose to seek the tourist dollar. Good governance of the industry involves optimising the benefits to local people and the economy, while minimising social, environmental and cultural costs. However, the ability to regulate in this way could be constrained or even removed by commitments in international trade deals, for example, those made under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) at the WTO. The following case study shows that the industry has far more costs and fewer benefits than it should for local people and the Vanuatu economy. (Claire Slatter, Oxfam, August 2006)

http://www.oxfam.org.nz/imgs/whatwedo/mtf/vanuatu_tourism.pdf

(Added: Fri Aug 11 2006   Hits: 348)