Gregory S. Stone

Aug 6, 2024 | everand.com | Siddarth Shrikanth |Gregory S. Stone |Paul Clammer |Thomas C Booth

Fiji — the very name evoked in my mind that mid-century notion of a paradise both pristine and remote. In truth, Fiji has long ceased to be particularly inaccessible. Commercial tourism began in the 1960s, and over half a million tourists were arriving in Fiji every year by the turn of the millennium. I had come here to see how responsible, community-centred, ecological tourism could offer a powerful case for nature. The journey on a rickety propeller plane to the eastern island of Taveuni showed us