livelihood of islands with small populations and territory which are present in each of the world's great oceans. The Small … Island Tourism Economies analysed in this paper vary profoundly in their size, land area, and location. Moreover, they have … their prospects for self reliance in economic development, and their overwhelming reliance on tourism as a source of exports …

but scarce in industrial goods. It shows that lower future travel costs, rising demand for tourism and higher preferences … for exporting tourism services. The benefits that accrue from sustainable resource use can be distributed over time such … that the myopic developing country and forward-looking industrialized countries, which demand tourism services, are better …