essay
Tourism in Tonga: troubled times
Hosts and guests : the anthropology of tourism • Philadelphia • Published In 1977 • Pages: 83-92
By: Urbanowicz, Charles Francis.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This study '...examines the impact of tourism on the Tongan economy and the social and cultural problems associated with the advent of recent mass tourism' (p. 83-84). Basically, this source is a re-analysis of the data found in 90:Urbanowicz, with new information on such aspects as the Tongan government's support of the tourist industry and the development of a 'phony-folk-culture' for the benefit of the tourist spectator.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Sociocultural trends
- Economic planning and development
- Income and demand
- Price and value
- Foreign exchange
- Labor supply and employment
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Tongans
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2006
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Oceania
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Polynesia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- 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.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 1978
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1970-1971
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1965-1976
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tonga
- NotesAdditional notes
- Charles Francis Urbanowicz
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 92)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 77081447
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Tongans