Tourism Samoa

A surge in poverty as tourism jobs in Samoa disappear

From an unusually quiet downtown, to villages in the bush-clad hills and along the palm-fringed coast, Ms Chang has been handing out packages and offering support to families who told her they never thought they would need it.

"We wanted to go out there and make sure that the families are okay," said Ms Chang. "It's not easy, because I can say now that they're not okay. But we have to do it."