The owner of Anita's Beach Fales, Sina Ale Taufua claims that her children have not been to school for a week because they were being teased by other children.

"My kids aren't in school because of the Tik Tok videos. My daughter did not want to go to school because the children had teased her about the Tik Tok I was on," she said. 

Ms Ale Taufua is a survivor of the tsunami in 2009. She rebuilt the fales with her husband Desmond Taufua, by moving to Apia to settle and run a kiosk to earn the money. 

Now they operate the kiosk and the beach fales at Lalomanu. Ms Ale Taufua told Samoa Observer that the tourists had impacted her family more than the tsunami. 

"I realise now that I am back in Vaitele, processing the Tik Tok and everything that has happened, that this is worse than the tsunami," she said. 

"My two children are 11 years and eight years old have been traumatised. Even our family is having to deal with the humiliation brought about by a one-sided story." 

In 2009, Sina Ale Taufua lost three children to the tsunami disaster. She claimed she felt more hurt now than when the disaster struck.

"It is affecting our family emotionally and physically," she said.

Ms Ale Taufua had asked the Samoa Tourism Authority to help her stop the tourists and visited two police stations in Poutasi and Apia. 

"The Poutasi police told me that they understood my predicament, and agreed to looking for the tourists but they could not do anything unless the STA supported the complaint," she said. 

" I then went to STA and they said I had to write the complaint before they handled it. I could not see the CEO or an ACEO because the staff I talked to said they were busy."

Ms Ale Taufua has been in the tourism sector for more than two decades and understands the processes. She said she felt that the authorities had not done enough to help her.

She said if the tourists could have been brought to answer to their misdeeds then the videos could have been removed.

"We don't operate for money alone but to host tourist and our locals. This is our legacy, our pride and our passion," she said.

"We also take care and protect our heritage and culture." 

Marita Ah Sam, Principal Manager of Planning and Development, was contacted by Samoa Observer for a comment but she is yet to respond.

The beach fale operator hopes that more will be done by the S.T.A. to help the Samoans that had been aggrieved.

Meanwhile, the authority has said the Tik Tok videos have had minimal impact on tourism in Samoa and hoped that a way forward could be established to deal with such incidents in the future.