Tourism
katharina
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28 Oct 2011
The Singapore Cooperation Programme (SCP) is Singapore’s umbrella technical assistance programme to developing countries. In 1999, the Small Island Developing States Technical Cooperation Programme (SIDSTEC) was set up under the SCP as part of Singapore’s efforts towards assisting Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to achieve sustainable development. Through close collaborations with development partners and recipient countries, it aims to foster mutual learning, cooperation and friendship...
katharina
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28 Oct 2011
At the very core of the OECS model is the principal of the pooling of scarce human and financial resources in the building of a regional institutional architecture to provide an array of services in common, which individual Member States would be incapable of providing for themselves. With a combined population of slightly under 600,000 , these micro states are able to reduce their individual vulnerabilities and increase their resilience as a group.
Among the most important objectives of the...
Beth
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09 Aug 2011
Sustainable tourism has been implemented in the Solomons through its Tourism Sector Programme.
Despite high level policy recognition of the place of tourism in national sustainable development, progress in developing the sector remains slow. Poor national infrastructure, particularly in the area of communications and air transport, has hampered the increases in visitor numbers which many plans call for. Some hotel and resort development in the past 5 years has increased bed capacity within the...
Beth
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03 Aug 2011
Papua New Guinea (PNG) has a National Government Tourism Policy and a Tourism Master Plan (2007-2017).
The tourism industry is poorly developed even though the country offers spectacular diving sites, rainforest, ecotourism opportunities, scenery, wildlife, and a diversity of cultures. PNGs’ share of the South Pacific regional market is very small, at only 5 percent of total arrivals, and less than 2 percent of the holiday market. This indicates the low level of development of PNG's...
Beth
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02 Aug 2011
Industry, government, and civil society have recently come together to develop and implement a Sustainable Tourism Action Plan.
Tourism is Palau’s most important industry, contributing 45% of Gross National Product. Tourist arrivals have steadily increased from 20,000 (1991) to 80,000 (2007) annually. In 2005, Palau had four visitors for every resident (six visitors for every resident citizen). This ratio is second only to the Bahamas among small island economies. The prospect for future...
