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Spatial Variations of Tourism Development in the Cook Islands

Periphery vs Interior - Rarotonga

Hey guys, today we will be looking at the impacts of Tourism Development in the Cook Islands. Remember, impacts can be positive or negative, short or long term, major or minor etc.

Go to the Katipedia 13 Geo page to get some ideas of the main impacts of Tourism Development in the Cook Islands, add details to these starters by reading the material contained in this file Click here

Another useful site click here

Now that you have spent some time looking for spatial variations using maps of Rarotonga, you need to record some of your findings.

Choose one of the following variations and write a comment to this post that describes the variation and explains why the variation exists. I have submitted a comment about a variation at Aitutaki as an example.

Avarua vs Muri

Southern vs Rest of coast

Periphery vs Interior

Distribution of accommodation types