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The Republic of the Marshall Islands lies within the subregion of Oceania known as Micronesia, which also includes the Federated States of Micronesia. The Marshall Islands lies approximately halfway between Hawaii and Australia, just north of the Equator (Figure 1), consisting of two chains of coral atolls and five single islands, with a land area of 181 km2 or 75 mi2, but a total exclusive economic zone area (land and sea) of 1.94 million km2 or 750,000 mi2. The country has two official languages (English, Marshallese), a population of about 69,750, and a per capita GDP of US$8,700.

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  • Collison, F., and D. Spears 2010 Marketing Cultural and Heritage Tourism: the Marshall Islands. International Journal of Culture, Tourism and Hospitality Research 4:130-142.

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  1. School of Travel Industry Management, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 200 W Kawili St, Honolulu, HI, 96720, USA

    Fredrick M. Collison

  2. College of Merchandising, Hospitality and Tourism, University of North Texas, Denton, 76203-1277, USA

    Daniel L. Spears

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  1. University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, USA

    Jafar Jafari

  2. The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

    Honggen Xiao

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Collison, F.M., Spears, D.L. (2016). Marshall Islands. In: Jafari, J., Xiao, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Tourism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01384-8_660

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