Surprisingly, with all this activity we are still in a unique position here on Haida Gwaii. We still have the ability to choose what we want for the future, we are not so run-over that the options have been decided for us, though the fishing lodge scene may be showing us the future if we don't grab hold now. The excerpts are intended to highlight some of the issues surrounding types of tourism, land choice decisions, and marketing your place to the world. Tok Blong SPPF is going to press soon with an updated view of tourism around the Pacific. We hope to include some of their recent findings in a future issue of SpruceRoots.
Authenticity is sacficiced for immediate profits.
Appropriate tourism requires little investment, there's less disruption and full control remains with the people themselves. The luxury hotels are monotonously uniform around the world-the South Pacific is the place for something different. Guest house tourism offers excellent employment opportunities for island women as proprietors and it's exactly what most visitropical deforestation and accordingly its remaining rainforests call out for protection. These unique, complex, and spectacular ecosystems are no less vulnerable to the onslaught of the timber trade than any other. However, many of Fiji's rainforests still lie quietly undisturbed by the dismal clamor of machinery and chain-saws and await appreciation by those who might venture to experience them.