), discusses their comparative advantage, and explores the potential for trade, and tourism in particular, to serve as a locomotive … tourism in PICs, we find tourism in these countries faces more favorable conditions for growth than goods exports. Further, we … presents PICs with an unprecedented opportunity to develop trade, particularly tourism, although traditional markets will …

This study examines the determinants of blue economy activities, namely tourism and fisheries, in 21 Asia and Pacific …

The COVID-19 pandemic prompted a collapse in international tourism, severely impacting the tourism-dependent economies … in the Asia and Pacific region. Once countries start reopening, tourism diversion effects could accelerate the recovery … of previous shocks in tourism competitor countries on visitor inflows, with a particular focus on tourism …

In the 21st century, Pacific island countries (PICs) continue to leverage for tourism the attributes that have imbued … by many is why despite the many decades of tourism across the region, development impacts from the sector remain largely … muted. The key remit of this paper is to offer a status quo round‐up of tourism in PICs and to draw on key emergent themes …