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The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly impacted tourism and tourism dependent regions globally. This chapter examines the impact of the pandemic and the associated loss of international tourists in the more physically marginalised areas in New Zealand. Using resilience and evolutionary economic geography lenses, evidence from three case study areas show that there has been significant economic loss, and a persistent dependence on traditional tourism activities with only one area planning to diversify its economy away from tourism and a second examining options for more sustainable tourism.
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Nel, E. (2022). Exacerbating Marginalisation: COVID-19’s Impact on Peripheral, Tourism-Dependent Regions in New Zealand and Local Responses. In: Fuerst-Bjeliš, B., Nel, E., Pelc, S. (eds) COVID-19 and Marginalisation of People and Places. Perspectives on Geographical Marginality, vol 7. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11139-6_10
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