Their trading relationship with China contributed to the IMF’s projection that GDP growth would slow in 2015 for both Australia (2.4%, down from 2.7% in 2014) and New Zealand (2.2%, down from 3.3% in 2014) (IMF 2015b). Although the Australian Government expects a continued increase in outbound tourism, it has revised its predictions downwards (Tourism Research Australia 2015). Should slowing economic growth and weakening currencies in Australia and New Zealand reduce the growth in visitor numbers to the Pacific, then this could have a serious knock-on effect on the important tourism industry. However, the financial volatility associated with China’s slowdown could benefit the Pacific’s gold producers (Fiji and Papua New Guinea), as the price of gold tends to rise in times of financial uncertainty (Roache and Rossi 2009).