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Liberalizing Nirvana: An Analysis Of The Consequences Of Common Pool Resource Deregulation For The Sustainability Of Fiji’S Surf Tourism Industry, Jess Ponting, Danny O'Brien
Liberalizing Nirvana: An Analysis Of The Consequences Of Common Pool Resource Deregulation For The Sustainability Of Fiji’S Surf Tourism Industry, Jess Ponting, Danny O'Brien
Danny O'Brien
In July 2010, the Fijian government issued a decree that liberalized Fiji’s surf breaks and deregulated its surf tourism industry. It did this by canceling licenses that granted resorts exclusive use of surf breaks based on indigenous customary ownership of foreshore and fringing reef fishing areas as common pool resources. This paper analyses the sustainability of surf tourism in Fiji, utilizing a developing framework for sustainable surf tourism. Based on broader sustainable tourism theory and empirical research, the framework considers (1) the impact of economic neo-liberalism, (2) the need for coordinated planning and limits to growth, (3) the advantages of …