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Tourism Contribution to Communities in Fiji
Alifereti Tawake, JCU PhD student24th October, 2009
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Outline1. Fiji2. Tourism
contribution3. Tourism ‘leakage’4. Community benefits5. Examples of
community projects– retaining benefits in
communities– Reducing leakage
6. Needs
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1.Fiji• Traditional ways of life and
community structures
• Land ownership (86% traditional)
• Life dependent on the sea and land
• Cash dependence increasing
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1.Fiji
Tourism Remitance Sugar Fish Clothing and
Footwear
Mineral Gold0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
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900 Average Foreign Exchange Earnings (2006-2008)
Source: Fiji Islands Bureau of Statistics, reproduced from Reserve Bank of Fiji report, 2009
$M
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2. Tourism Contribution
• 24% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
• Largest gross foreign exchange earner, $892m
• Retention rate around, 44%
• Benefiting communities (est. <5%, Korovulavula et al., 2006)
Source: Reserve Bank of Fiji, 2009
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3.Tourism ‘Leakage’ Strategic Assessment of Fiji’s Tourism
Development Plan Report (Levett and McNally, 2003)
• ‘Leakage’ of economic benefits (64%)– Import of goods, food, drink and services– Travel and packaged deals– Overseas investors repatriate profits ‘export
leakages’
• Community oriented activities
• Ecotourism as a strategy– Community-based ‘eco-tourism’ run or jointly
owned by communities, home stays
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4.Community benefits (<5%)
• Erosion of benefits– Employment – Land lease
• Unequal distribution – Chiefly system– Land owners
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5. Example: Village Tours
Profits equally distributed
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5. Example: Village-based activities
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5. Example: Tourism Interpretation
• Historical sites
• Village history
• Plant & animal totems
• Medicinal plants
• Traditional dances
• Traditional ‘feast’
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5. Example: Plantation Walk
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5. Example: Community-Protected Areas
Locally Managed Marine Areas (LMMA)
Community Managed Forest Parks
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5. Example: Sponsoring Reef Restoration
http://sasalutawamudu.org/donate.php
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5. Example: Involving women
Printing conservation messages on sulus
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5. Example: Involving Youths
Adopt-a-tree of
reforestation
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5. Needs
1. Investment into local projects
2. Research into their performance
3. Enabling policies