Tourism in a peripheral capitalist economy : the case of Fiji
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1979
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Britton, Stephen G
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This thesis has two central aims: to test, at the empirical level, certain aspects of
underdevelopment theory; and to demonstrate the utility of using an holistic approach for the
investigation of 'geographic problems'. In particular, an attempt is made to investigate the
processes and manifestations of linkages that render peripheral economies subordinated to, and
dependent upon, metropolitan countries. The spatial manifestations of this form of development are
investigated by inquiring into the nature of the processes themselves. This is achieved through
the use of a case study of one industry, tourism, as it occurs in one, small, Pacific Island state
- Fiji. The study centres on the organisational and structural characteristics of the industry
so as to determine the patterns of distribution of the industry's outputs. The study demonstrates
that the incorporation of tourism into Fiji, and the key characteristics of the Fiji economy and
tourist industry, are fundamentally determined by commercial and political forces emanating from
metropolitan economies. These forces structure the tourist industry in such a way that the
interests of the metropoles are given priority over those of the peripheral economy.
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