Oceania A Tourism Handbook

by Cooper, Chris; Hall, C. Michael

• ISBN13: 9781873150870
• ISBN10: 1873150873
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-03-02
• Publisher: Channel View Publications

Summary

This book draws together a wide range of sources to provide the most comprehensive handbook of tourism in Oceania available. It is designed to act as a single source of reference for tourism in a region that is growing in significance as a tourism destination. Oceania provides a detailed anatomy of tourism in the region on a country by country basis, as well as a view of the future and an analysis of key issues contributed by experts in the field.

Author Biography

Chris Cooper is head of the school of tourism and leisure management at The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. He has published a number of texts in tourism and is co-editor of Current Issues in Tourism. C Michael Hall is Professor of Tourism at the University of Otago, New Zealand. He has published widely in the tourism field and is co-editor of Current Issues in Tourism.

Table of Contents

Contributors	vii
1 Introduction
Chris Cooper and C. Michael Hall	1	(6)
Part I Australia
2 Introduction to Australia
Lisa Ruhanen	7	(10)
3 Demand for Tourism in Australia
Chris Cooper and Lisa Ruhanen	17	(18)
4 The Organisation of Tourism in Australia
Chris Cooper and Lisa Ruhanen	35	(22)
5 The Australian Tourism Industry
Chris Cooper and Lisa Ruhanen	57	(18)
6 Sources of Australian Tourism Statistics
Lisa Ruhanen and Chris Cooper	75	(14)
Part II New Zealand
7 Introduction to New Zealand
Peter Treloar and C. Michael Hall	89	(10)
8 Demand for Tourism in New Zealand
Peter Treloar and C. Michael Hall	99	(17)
9 The Organisation of Tourism in New Zealand
Peter Treloar and C. Michael Hall	116	(17)
10 The New Zealand Tourism Industry
Peter Treloar and C. Michael Hall	133	(20)
11 Sources of New Zealand Tourism Statistics
Peter Treloar and C. Michael Hall	153	(12)
Part III Pacific Islands
12 Introduction to the Pacific Islands
Peter Treloar and C. Michael Hall	165	(8)
13 Tourism in the Pacific Islands
Peter Treloar and C. Michael Hall	173	(124)
American Samoa	173	(5)
Cook Islands	178	(6)
The Federated States of Micronesia	184	(7)
Republic of Fiji Islands	191	(6)
French Polynesia	197	(4)
Guam	201	(5)
Hawaii	206	(7)
Kiribati	213	(4)
Marshall Islands	217	(5)
Nauru	222	(3)
New Caledonia	225	(4)
Niue	229	(5)
Northern Mariana Islands	234	(5)
Palau	239	(4)
Papua New Guinea	243	(4)
Independent State of Samoa	247	(5)
Solomon Islands	252	(4)
Tokelau	256	(2)
Tonga	258	(4)
Tuvalu	262	(4)
Vanuatu	266
Part IV Contemporary Themes
14 Tourism Investment in the South Pacific
Larry Dwyer	297	(11)
15 Customary Practices and Tourism Development in the French Pacific
Anne-Marie d'Hauteserre	308	(13)
16 Tourism and Air Transport in Oceania
David Timothy Duval	321	(14)
17 Destination Risk Management in Oceania
Jeff Wilks	335	(18)
18 Global Warming and Tourism in Oceania
Stephen J. Craig-Smith	353	(9)
19 Tourism Education in Oceania
Stephen J. Craig-Smith	362	(18)
20 A Compendium of Tourism Sources for Oceania
Chris Cooper, C. Michael Hall, Lisa Ruhanen and Peter Treloar	380