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The economic impact of tourism in Kiribati
Pacific studies • 14 (2) • Published In 1991 • Pages: 53-70
By: Milne, Simon.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document evaluates the income generating and job creation roles of tourism in the Kiribati. It is argued that while tourism may bring increased income for resource-poor island communities, it also brings economic costs. Evidence of such costs included growing income inequality and increasing dependence on imported products and foreign workers. The study also raises concerns about tourism’s environmental and cultural consequences.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Travel services
- Saving and investment
- Income and demand
- Labor supply and employment
- Taxation and public income
- Economic planning and development
- Individual enterprise
- Government enterprises
- Airport facilities
- Air transport
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kiribati
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2018
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Micronesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Geographer
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1988
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1987-1988
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Republic of Kiribati
- NotesAdditional notes
- Simon Milne
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 68-70)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 84643929
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Kiribati