2007Oct30: “Tourism is the vehicle for poverty alleviation in Fiji – that’s how important it has become. Without it, our economy would collapse. So we have to plan to mitigate and adapt to climate change,” said Banuve Kaumaitotoya, permanent secretary of Fiji’s new Ministry of Tourism and Environment (IHT, 2007).
Reference: IHT. 2007. http://iht.com/articles/2007/10/30/business/tourism.php
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