Workshop “Rethinking tourism and development in French Polynesia after the pandemic”

Date de l'événement : -
Fare pote’e (Presidency of UPF)
Workshop

Monday 24 & Tuesday 25 October 2022 - This practice-based research workshop provided a forum for dialogue between international tourism scholars from Australia, Hawaii and New Zealand, and professionals from the tourism industry in French Polynesia.

Workshop

“Rethinking tourism and development in French Polynesia after the pandemic”
Monday 24 & Tuesday 25 October 2022

Fare pote’e (Presidency of UPF)

jointly organized by the Centre of Studies on Tourism in Oceania and the Pacific (CETOP) at the University of French Polynesia, with financial assistance from the Pacific Funds (Fonds Pacifique).

Contact: cetop@upf.pf  | cetop.upf.pf

 

  AGENDA

 Monday 24/10/2022

Items

Agenda topic

Speaker(s)

Time

 

 

1

Official opening of the workshop

Damien Mourey

8:30-8:45

Introduction

• Workshop objectives

• Activities and timeline

Mondher Sahli

 

Vincent Dropsy

8:45-9:00

 

2

Does tourism have a future in the Pacific (Islands)?

 

Islands 2022 Visitor Data: lessons for 2023

Ian Yeoman

 

Discussion

9:00-9:20

 

9:20-9:40

Simon Milne

 

Discussion

9:40-10:00

 

10:00-10:20

                                                                 Coffee Break

10:20 -10:40

 

 

3

Shifting from ‘business as usual’ -understanding sustainable and regenerative approaches to tourism

Pauline Sheldon & Christian Schott

 

 

Overview and discussion

 

10:40-11:15

 

Lessons from other Pacific Islands – Hawai’i and Aotearoa New Zealand

 

11:15-12:00

                                                                Lunch Break                                         12:00-13:20

 

4

Overview of Fāri'ira'a Manihini 2022-2027 (FM27)

 Hironui Johnston

  

Discussion

13:30-13:45

 

13:45-14:00

 

 

5

Economic Evaluation Issues 

 

 

The Pacific Tourism Data Initiative: exploring socio-economic impacts and indicators

Larry Dwyer

 

Discussion

14:00-14:20

 

14:20-14:40

Simon Milne

 

Discussion

14:40-15:00

 

15:00-15:20

                                                              Coffee Break

15:20-15:40

 

 6

Cultural preservation and social impacts 

 

Community Attitudes and Tourism: Pacific insights and approaches

Leo Jago and

Margaret Deery

 

Discussion

15:40-16:00

 

16:00-16:20

Simon Milne

 

Discussion

16:20-16:40

 

16:40-17:00

Tuesday 25/10/2022

Items

Agenda topic

Speaker(s)

Time

 

   7

Regional and inter-island air connectivity in a remote environment 

Gui Lohmann

 

Discussion

8:30-8:50

 

8:50-9:10

 

8

Enhancing visitor satisfaction through training and professionalism

 

Leo Jago

 

Discussion

9:10-9:30

 

9:30- 9:50

                                                                 Coffee Break

                                                

9:50-10:10

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

Panel discussion (PART I)

 

  • How to diversify tourism products and source markets?

 

  • How to diversify international routes to facilitate the development of tourism in French Polynesia?

 

  • How to improve air, land and sea connectivity and facilitate inter- and intra-island travel?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gui Lohmann and  

Mondher Sahli

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10:10-11:00

 

 

 

 

10

Panel discussion (PART II)

 

  • What are the challenges and opportunities of the spread of tourism to outer islands?

 

  • How to leverage events for maximum local benefit?

 

  • What is domestic tourism and why is it important?

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

Simon Milne and

Leo Jago

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11:00-11:50

 

 

 

 

 

 Closing remarks

 

Mondher Sahli

11:50-12:00

                                                     

End of the workshop for the participants

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