As an outer island destination with no international point of entry, Savaii faces major inter-island and international access challenges, which have been further exacerbated by the 2019 measles outbreak and of course the COVID-19 pandemic. In response to the prolonged impacts of these events, the local tourism industry has had to adapt and diversify accordingly. ... read more
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2020 Annual Visitor Arrivals Report In late May, the Research and Statistics team published its 2020 Annual Visitor Arrivals Snapshot Report. Embedded within the report is a summary of the 2021 private sector survey results of the Tourism Industry impacted by COVID-19 (highlighted in Sustainable Newsbeat May 2021). The recently complied report shows that the ... read more
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Talofa Lava from the Sustainable Tourism & Research Division at SPTO! In this issue of our Pacific Sustainable Tourism Newsbeat, we are pleased to announce that our feature country is Samoa! Through a combined teamwork with the Samoa Tourism Authority and industry members, we are excited to update you with a number of key industry ... read more
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As one of the few pilot hotels in Samoa that participated in a 2018 Sustainability Monitoring Programme, Amoa Resort Savaii continues to reap the benefits of the lessons learnt from the programme. Made possible through support from SPTO, Samoa Tourism Authority, Sustainable Travel International and the UNDP, the programme developed data collection systems and analysis ... read more
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As it continues to prepare for safe tourism reactivation, Samoa has announced that it will be launching the Samoa Travel Tracer – a contact tracing application made possible through a collaborative partnership between the Samoa Tourism Authority and the Ministry of Health. Samoa Travel Tracer will use Bluetooth to trace close contact between users and ... read more
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