Report

Letters

Tourism

survey

Sir, WE refer to the report Tourism and Nature: a Fiji Survey by Sean Weaver and Brian King {PIM, Sept 1993). We wish to emphasise that the report has created certain inaccurate impressions which need correction.

Brian King was for sometime attached to the Tourism Studies Programme of the University of the South Pacific but we are not aware of any such survey carried by him on its behalf. Sean Weaver is hardly known to us. Therefore, their comments and conclusions in this report are their personal views and should not be deemed to reflect the views either of :he Tourism Studies Programme or of

:he university.

Any reference to the report as emanat ng from the University of the South Pacific is factually inaccurate. Indeed, ve have not even seen a copy, in any brm, of the report from which the article vas written.

We feel the Fiji government, in the ecent past together with the Tourism Council of the South Pacific, has taken nany initiatives towards the protection

of the environment in relation to tourism development.

Nii-K Plange D R Rao

Tourism Studies Programme University of the South Pacific Suva

Report

research

Sir AS one of the co-authors of the research upon which the report is based, I would like to draw readers’ attention to an incorrect attribution in the report Tour ism and Nature: A Case Study published in the PIM September.

In my capacity as AIDAB (Australian International Development Assistance

Bureau) Visiting Principal Lecturer in

Tourism, I was indeed associated with the Tourism Studies Section of the University of the South Pacific during the early stages of the research. I cannot claim, however, to represent the views of the Tourism Studies Section at the

university.

Material support for the project at the Fiji end was provided by the National

Environment Management Project in Suva and data analysis services were provided by the Centre for Hospitality and Tourism Research at Victoria of Technology in Melbourne.

Brian King

Associate Professor Department of Hospitality and Tourism Management Victoria University Australia