Indicator handbook : a guide to the development and use of Samoa's sustainable tourism indicators / written by Louise Twinning-Ward

Abstract

Tourism is an increasingly important sector of the Samoan economy and also has a valuable and as yet under-utilised contribution to make towards social and environmental development in the country. But tourism is also a vulnerable industry, especially on a small island where its resources can easily be damaged by pollution or inappropriate development. If Samoa's tourism sector is to be successful in the long-term, it needs to address these concerns and develop a strategy to ensure the resources on which the industry and country depends (the attractions, the infrastructure, the facilities and services that make up the tourism product) are not put in jeopardy.