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Cheap tourist packages were offered to Australians promising the 'Paris of the Pacific' and visitor numbers increased from less than 5000 to 20,000 in just 5 years. <ref>Lyons, M. (1986) ''The Totem and the Tricolour: A Short History of New Caledonia since 1774'', New South Wales University Press: Kensington</ref>. 37,000 tourists annually took cruises (mostly from Australia) and this allowed more hotels to be built in the 1970s and, in 1979, [Club Mediterrranee] arrived. <ref>Carter, J. (ed.) (1981) ''Pacific Islands Yearbook, Fourteenth Edition'', Pacific Publications: Sydney</ref> This had changed by the 1980s with Japan becoming the largest tourist market. <ref> Douglas, N. and Douglas, N. (1996) "Tourism in the Pacific: Historical factors" in Hall, C.M. and Page, S.J. (eds.) ''Tourism in the Pacific: Issues and Cases'', London pp. 65-80</ref> |
Cheap tourist packages were offered to Australians promising the 'Paris of the Pacific' and visitor numbers increased from less than 5000 to 20,000 in just 5 years. <ref>Lyons, M. (1986) ''The Totem and the Tricolour: A Short History of New Caledonia since 1774'', New South Wales University Press: Kensington</ref>. 37,000 tourists annually took cruises (mostly from Australia) and this allowed more hotels to be built in the 1970s and, in 1979, [Club Mediterrranee] arrived. <ref>Carter, J. (ed.) (1981) ''Pacific Islands Yearbook, Fourteenth Edition'', Pacific Publications: Sydney</ref> This had changed by the 1980s with Japan becoming the largest tourist market. <ref> Douglas, N. and Douglas, N. (1996) "Tourism in the Pacific: Historical factors" in Hall, C.M. and Page, S.J. (eds.) ''Tourism in the Pacific: Issues and Cases'', London pp. 65-80</ref> |
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New Caledonia was "largely indifferent to tourists ... as long as nickel mining remained economically dominant" [1]. After the Korean War and Vietnam War, world prices for nickel collapsed (1970s) and aggressive marketing campaigns were initiated for the territory.[2]
Paris of the Pacific
Cheap tourist packages were offered to Australians promising the 'Paris of the Pacific' and visitor numbers increased from less than 5000 to 20,000 in just 5 years. [3]. 37,000 tourists annually took cruises (mostly from Australia) and this allowed more hotels to be built in the 1970s and, in 1979, [Club Mediterrranee] arrived. [4] This had changed by the 1980s with Japan becoming the largest tourist market. [5]
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- ^ Douglas, N. and Douglas, N. (1996) "Tourism in the Pacific: Historical factors" in Hall, C.M. and Page, S.J. (eds.) Tourism in the Pacific: Issues and Cases, London p. 31
- ^ Douglas, N. and Douglas, N. (1996) "Tourism in the Pacific: Historical factors" in Hall, C.M. and Page, S.J. (eds.) Tourism in the Pacific: Issues and Cases, London pp. 65-80
- ^ Lyons, M. (1986) The Totem and the Tricolour: A Short History of New Caledonia since 1774, New South Wales University Press: Kensington
- ^ Carter, J. (ed.) (1981) Pacific Islands Yearbook, Fourteenth Edition, Pacific Publications: Sydney
- ^ Douglas, N. and Douglas, N. (1996) "Tourism in the Pacific: Historical factors" in Hall, C.M. and Page, S.J. (eds.) Tourism in the Pacific: Issues and Cases, London pp. 65-80