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Pacific Islanders Turn to Local Economies to Drive Post-pandemic Recovery – Business


iCrowdNewswire   Feb 19, 2021  8:00 AM ET
A tourist handicraft market in Port Vila, capital of Vanuatu, prior to the pandemic. The price for Pacific countries maintaining strict border closures to protect their small highly vulnerable populations is the decimation of the tourism industry. Credit: Catherine Wilson/IPS
CANBERRA, Australia, Feb 18 2021 (IPS) – While Pacific Island countries have, so far, been spared a catastrophic spread of COVID-19, their economies have been devastated by the effects of border closures, internal lockdowns and the demise of international tourism and trade. With the global pandemic far from over, Pacific Islanders are looking to their local and regional economies to drive resilience and recovery. ....

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