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- Title
- Dive tourism in Luganville, Vanuatu : shocks, stressors, and vulnerability to climate change
- Related
- Tourism in marine environments, Vol. 8, No. 1-2, (2012), p.91-109
- DOI
- 10.3727/154427312X13262430524225
- Publisher
- Cognizant Communication Corporation
- Date
- 2012
- Author/Creator
- Klint, Louise Munk
- Author/Creator
- Jiang, Min
- Author/Creator
- Law, Alexandra
- Author/Creator
- Delacy, Terry
- Author/Creator
- Filep, Sebastian
- Author/Creator
- Calgaro, Emma
- Author/Creator
- Dominey-Howes, Dale
- Author/Creator
- Harrison, David
- Description
- Luganville is a developing dive tourism destination region (DTDR) in Vanuatu, which relies on tourism. This article reports on the shocks and stressors faced by Luganville's dive tourism sector and climate change's exacerbation of these. The study's methodology was based on rapid rural appraisal and case study principles, involving methods of semistructured interviews, group discussions, and personal observations. Data were analyzed using a thematic analysis approach. Key shocks identified include cyclones, earthquakes, effect on demand due to media footage, and changes to international flights. Main stressors were starfish outbreaks and environmental degradation. Unlike the indigenous communities, expatriates show little concern for the potential impact of climate change, presenting response challenges that must incorporate different perspectives to develop effective a daptation options.
- Description
- 19 page(s)
- Subject Keyword
- Climate change
- Subject Keyword
- Dive tourism
- Subject Keyword
- Shocks and stressors
- Subject Keyword
- Vanuatu
- Subject Keyword
- Vulnerability
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Organisation
- Macquarie University. Dept. of Environment and Geography
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/190145
- Identifier
- ISSN:1544-273X
- Identifier
- mq_res-ext-2-s2.0-84858009841
- Language
- eng
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