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Podcast: Tourism Geographies Podcast
Episode: Samoan perceptions of travel and tourism mobilities – the concept of Malaga
Description: Stephen Pratt interviews Dawn Gibson about their research in Samoa.ABSTRACTTourism is a global phenomenon yet non-Western travel and tourism mobilities are under-researched and lack theoretical development. In the South Pacific, a region which is increasingly receiving geopolitical attention, there is substantial knowledge of inbound tourism but outbound and domestic forms of travel are less known. To understand the travel and tourism mobilities of Samoans, a concurrent mixed methods design of surveys supplemented by interviews with both urban and rural Samoans was employed. Samoan understandings of travel and tourism are expressed via the...