With growth in the Solomon Islands expected to moderate to 3 per cent in 2017 and 2.8 per cent in 2018, tourism is being viewed as an untapped source for economic growth, says a new Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) report.
The Carnival Legend and the Masdam are expected in Papeete. Tahiti Tourisme has planned the reception of the passengers of these two liners, with distribution of flowers to the coupe, song, dances and several demonstrations under the fare manihini pergola from 08:00 to 16:00.
The ISPF has just published its tourism scoreboard for the year 2016. It emerges that 2016 has seen a 4.7% increase in tourist frequencies compared to 2015.
Delegates to the 2017 South Pacific Tourism Exchange in Sydney, Australia were transported to the Solomon Islands this morning with a visual presentation by the Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau (SIVB)
Fiji Airways, Fiji’s National Airline, and Tourism Fiji have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will enable the organisations to work more effectively and efficiently together. The MOU provides a platform for further collaboration to drive visitor arrivals to Fiji. A focus of the MOU is working together to capitalise on the new Fiji Airways routes – Adelaide, Singapore and San Francisco – through strategic marketing activities.
The Minister of Tourism, International Transport, in charge of relations with the institutions, Nicole Bouteau, in collaboration with the Committee on Tourism, Ecology, Culture, Regional Planning and Air Transport, , Friday afternoon, the 1st prize of the Call for Tourist Projects.
A travel information centre will be established on Tanna to boost tourism in Tafea province. This was formalized in a Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) yesterday at Isangel on Tanna.