SPTO, Author at Pacific Tourism Organisation

13 June 2017

Tourism and the Sustainable Development Goal 3

Healthy lives and well- being can be linked directly to tourism in many different ways. Household income from tourism has helped to improve access to better health care and enhance the well-being of Pacific people.

12 June 2017

April Statistics Show Strong Growth In Visitor Arrivals For Fiji

Over the last two decades, tourism sector has played an integral role in driving economic growth in the Pacific Island Countries, most notably in Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and Cook Islands.

12 June 2017

Plastic-Bag Ban To Benefit Solomons' Tourism

The premier of Western Province in Solomon Islands says banning plastic bags will preserve his region's environment for tourism.

12 June 2017

Prime Minister Of Samoa Appointed Special Ambassador Of The International Year Of Sustainable Tourism For Development By UNWTO At Ocean Conference

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has appointed the Prime Minister of Samoa, Hon. Tuilaepa Sailele Malielegaoi, as Special Ambassador of the International Year of Sustainable Tourism 2017. The ceremony took place in New York on 7 June on the side-lines of the UN Ocean Conference, where among other activities the Prime Minister addressed participants on the value of tourism to sustainably advance the blue economy.

12 June 2017

US$20 million Boost For Sustainable Tourism Project In PNG

A new World Bank project aims to strengthen the potential of tourism in Papua New Guinea, which has seen international arrivals grow by an average of 13% since 2002.

12 June 2017

PATA Reaffirms Support To Paris Accord On Climate Change

The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is reasserting its commitment to sustainable development across the entire spectrum of travel and tourism with a renewed pledge to support the Paris Accord within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

11 June 2017

Tourism and the Sustainable Development Goal 3

April Statistics Show Strong Growth In Visitor Arrivals For Fiji

Plastic-Bag Ban To Benefit Solomons' Tourism

Prime Minister Of Samoa Appointed Special Ambassador Of The International Year Of Sustainable Tourism For Development By UNWTO At Ocean Conference

US$20 million Boost For Sustainable Tourism Project In PNG

PATA Reaffirms Support To Paris Accord On Climate Change

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