Overview of Urbanisation, GDP Deflator and Tourism Output of Fiji
Travel and Tourism Sector of Fiji
The travel and tourism sector of Fiji is growing faster than agriculture and manufacturing sectors. The central government’s final consumption expenditure of Fiji was FJ$741,806,000 in the year 2008. This increased to FJ$1,167,681,000 in the year 2014 . Out of the FJ$1,167,681,000 predicted to be spent by the national government on consumption expenditure in the year 2015, FJ$1,403,000 (0.12%) was spent on tourism and other industries. The central government’s final consumption expenditure on the tourism and other industries is relatively low as compared to its spending on health, recreation, culture, religion, education, social protection,
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Fiji receives tourists from all over the world. Majority of the tourists coming to Fiji are from the UK, Australia, New Zealand, USA, Canada, Continental Europe, Pacific Island Countries and other countries around the world. The number of visitor arrivals to Fiji increased from 82,695 in the year 2000 to 131,733 in the year 2011 (see figure 1). In the past few years, Fiji’s travel and tourism sector has been performing remarkably well. According to Swami (2016), a significant improvement in the performance of Fiji’s tourism sector has been the result of consultation and collaboration between stakeholders of the tourism …show more content…
The urban activities in Fiji support the rural activities in a number of ways. For instance, the value adding and sale of agricultural commodities that is grown in the rural areas of Fiji is mainly sold and consumed by the urban population. The fresh produce market plays a key role in delivering goods from the producers in the rural areas to the sellers in the urban areas at cheap and affordable prices. According to Valemei (2014), there are numerous benefits of urbanization to Fiji’s economy. Some of these benefits are it encourages economies of scale, specialisation, and improvement in the number of people serving customers in the market. Some of the push factors that force people to move out of the rural areas in Fiji are lack of job opportunities in the rural areas, land shortage, congestion, and food insecurity. The pull factors are bright city lights, better education, better medical and infrastructure facilities. Figure two shows that the urban population growth rate of Fiji increased from 274,154 in the year 1985 to 472,957 in the year
The total revenue of tourism in 2008 for Vancouver Island was $14 billion with accommodation & food making up 36% ($5.04 billion), transportat...
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The steady increase of the population in Fiji is mostly due to the crude death rate and Crude birth rate being that far apart. Right now on average there are 19.86 births every 1000 people, and 6 deaths per 1000 people. This means that if there are 19 people born a day in Fiji and only 6 die than the population increases by about thirteen people and if that were to happen everyday, Fiji might increase the problem of overpopulation. Fiji has a high dependency ratio meaning that the number of people that are not able to work, often known as people over sixty five and under fifteen is very low. In Fiji sixty-four percent of the population is able to work. The population pyramid model of Fiji has very many curves going inward throughout the model, I believe that this is due to the vast amount of tourism because when people come visit Fiji the population then increases but when they leave the population decreases. In the country of Fiji there are a loss of about 6.86 migrants every one thousand
Australia’s reputation as a relaxed, easy-going culture in modern society is one that is well known worldwide. Boasting one of the largest and most popular tourism industries and attracting millions of tourists annually, our claims of
Fiji is located in the South Pacific and has more than 300 islands located on it. Fiji’s economy, which is a set of social scripts that people use in organizing their behavior, thoughts, and emotions to create a regular social pattern for the production and distribution of goods and services in an economy (Caston, 51)” is one of the most developed of the Pacific Island economies. As of 2013 Fiji’s population is “905,949 which mainly consists of Fijian’s which are 55% of the country, Indians which are 44%, European, other Pacific islanders, Chinese, and others take up the other 5% of the country (http://www.mapsofworld.com/fiji/population.html). We also can divide the population up into 3 different age groups. People between the ages of 0-14 have a
For the introduction, brief information regarding my purchase and the travel and tourism industry is presented. It was then followed by the explanation of the 2 chosen theories from two different chapters.
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The following report provides an accurate and informative overview of the nature of tourism, its history and growth, the structure of the New Zealand industry and the impact of tourism from a New Zealand perspective. The report will draw a conclusion which Highlights area of consideration in tourism planning.
A proportion of these visitors are 96% ‘likely’ to recommend New Zealand in future, this has remained unchanged. USA, UK and Germany are most satisfied with their New Zealand Holiday experience. It has been observed that Japanese travellers are significantly more satisfied with their experience compared to past years. Visitors to New Zealand are also highly satisfied with the natural environment. It has been rated a high 9.0 out of ten and receives this high rating across all markets. With 78% believing New Zealand’s environmental practices are better than other countries. It has been found that experiencing natural scenery is a favourite amongst visitors to New Zealand. A decrease has been observed in the past year however, in the average number of activities being participated in, dropping 6.5% in the last year. Price has been seen as a problem in the current state of tourism results, it has been driven by lower satisfaction with price over quality. This has been especially so in the accommodation and food and beverage sector. Both of these are rated as high importance to visitors attributing 29% to the New Zealand holiday experience. Looking more into these sectors it has been observed that food and beverage has rated 8.1 out of ten and accounts for 10% of importance to the New Zealand holiday experience. The quality of food
In 2013-14 Tauranga had 83 voyage calls, 25 vessels entering with 83 port days in total. They also had 100 unique passengers and 149,000 passenger port days. Tauranga has established itself as a go-to destination for cruise passengers, with its natural beauty and friendly locals it is not hard to see why. Over the years, Tauranga’s cruise tourism has changed from the 2013-14 statistics, the amount of voyage calls this year has gone down but the amount of unique passengers has gone up to 160,100.
According to the ‘World Tourism Organization’ (UNWTO), the tourism industry is one of the fastest growing sectors in the world, as it is estimated that by the year 2020, 7.8 billion people (roughly a quarter of the world’s population) will embark on a foreign trip (Bennett & Gebhardt 15). The Caribbean is said to be the most economically dependent on this industry, as the ‘Caribbean Tourism Organisation’ states that the industry forms the “economic backbone of most countries in the Region”(“Caribbean Tourism Industry” 1). The implications for tourism’s affect on the region have arisen and have prompted further research into this matter. Since the 1970’s, research regarding tourism in the Caribbean has attempted to determine the social, cultural, environmental, and economic impacts of tourism. Much of the research has found that there are in fact many negative adverse effects, and Jackson’s article asserts that, “Governments often commit money and other resources to support the growth and development of tourism and often turn a blind eye to its negative impacts” (574).
Fiji is an island nation in Melanesia, in the South Pacific Ocean. The estimated population of the country is about 849,000, with a total area of about 7,056 square miles. Labor migration is one of the key forces of socioeconomic development. Migration of skilled people with high levels of human capital leads to a shortage of skilled labor in the home country as well as provides an opportunity to the unemployed youths to be engaged in the labor market hence it helps in the economic growth and development of many developing countries such as Fiji.
“Tourism sector plays key role in economic development.” Economics. Radio the Voice of Vietnam. 2004
There are two kinds of factors why rural people seek for urban life. The first one is urban pull factor. They dream for higher wages, better housing and utilities, better school and hospital, more jobs opportunity, and more experience that they can get it all from a living in big cities as they think. The second one is urban push factor. We know that most of rural areas people are farmers. There’,s not much else to do anymore in the village but wait for harvest time and without higher level of education, availability of media, or facilities that they need, they might be stimulated to move to urban areas.
How much do you know about the country of Fiji? Well, we know that it is a developing country but what many people don’t know is that they lack a lot of resources to maintain a healthy population. The resources they do have is seen as unusable. For example, their tap water is too dirty