Tag: Pacific tourism
‘Tourists buzzing’ in resorts and islands as Fiji welcomes back visitors
By Rachael Nath, RNZ Pacific journalist
A year after re-opening its borders, Fiji has recorded an injection of F$805 million into its economy from international...
NZ’s first cruise ship since beginning of pandemic arrives – next...
RNZ News
The P&O Pacific Explorer has docked in at Queens Wharf in Auckland from Sydney, the first cruise ship to arrive in Aotearoa New...
Honey to the rescue as pandemic affects remote Pitcairn Island
By Sally Round, RNZ Pacific Journalist
Honey is helping to keep Pitcairn Islanders afloat after the global pandemic stopped cruise ship visits, a growing source...
Weathering the covid-19 storm in Vanuatu – hopeful tourism future
By Mavuku Tokona in Port Vila
Since the global pandemic began, the domino effect it has had on Vanuatu's tourism market remains unprecedented - the...
Eco-tourism is the way of the post-covid future for the ‘blue’...
A SPREP webinar about the Blue Pacific vision for the peoples of the Oceania region.
By Sri Krishnamurthi, reporting for the Pacific Media Centre
“Our journey...
Forget Australia, open up to covid-free Pacific bubble, says Cook Islander
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
New Zealand's "intransigence" over wanting to allow Australians in before New Zealanders out to the covid-free Pacific does not stand up...
Fiji works on its own ‘Bula Bubble’ in spite of Australian,...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says while Australia and New Zealand work out their Trans-Tasman bubble, Fiji’s equal greater success against the...
Pacific ‘hub’ Fiji keen to join NZ-Australia travel bubble
By RNZ Pacific
Fiji has put its hand up to join New Zealand and Australia's travel bubble amid the covid-19 coronavirus pandemic.
On Friday, New Zealand...
Eco-tourism major key to ‘tricky’ Pacific economic reset, says Leary
PACIFIC PANDEMIC DIARY: By Sri Krishnamurthi, contributing editor of Pacific Media Watch
As New Zealand prepares to go to alert level 2 in the...
Covid-19 outbreak: Four cruise ships barred from entering Tonga
By RNZ Pacific
Four cruise ships have been refused entry into Tonga due to health warnings following the global covid-19, or coronavirus, outbreak.
The Nuku'alofa Tourism...
Vanuatu’s ‘shared vision 2030’ tourism goal – a pipe dream...
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
The government of Vanuatu has convened three major tourism and travel stakeholders this week to announce a major shakeup...
Firefighters dispute holdup hampers French Polynesian airport
Pacific Media Watch
The end of French Polynesia's airport firefighters strike has been held up in Tahiti amid a dispute between two unions, Radio New...
Massive tourism development proposal for Port Vila poses urban challenge
COMMENTARY: By Bob Makin in Port Vila
“An ambitious new plan to improve Vanuatu’s aviation and tourism sectors” is relegated to second place on Radio Vanuatu News...
New ‘Resource Roulette’ report exposes deep-sea mining risks for Pacific
By Julie Hunter
International law firm Blue Ocean Law and the Fiji-based regional non-governmental organisation Pacific Network on Globalisation (PANG) have released a report detailing...
Pacific voices: Get lost in paradise with Miss Vanuatu, Valérie Martinez
By Vanuatu Daily Digest
Imagine With Me is a new Vanuatu Tourism Office promotion video shot in several spectacular locations around Efate island by local production...
Fiji’s clean-up campaign aims to take the sting out of zika
In the wake of the worst ever cyclone to have hit Fiji, the tourist destination is gearing to overcome a new challenge - combating...
Welcome back to Vanuatu message for NZ tour agents
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
A group of 16 New Zealand-based travel agents, tourism industry representatives and media professionals were welcomed "back" to Vanuatu...
Dan McGarry: Freedom of speech comes with responsibility
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
Julian Ligo recently published an online piece purporting to tell the "real" story down at the wharf, in which...
Vanuatu police appeal for calm, warn drivers to ‘behave professionally’
By Thompson Marango in Port Vila
Vanuatu police have appealed to the public to remain calm and have warned drivers and owners of public transport...
Vanuatu’s Daily Post founder Marc Neil-Jones swaps print for tourism
"Retired" Vanuatu Daily Post publisher Marc Neil-Jones talks about the "audio posts" at his Secret Garden retreat.
Asia Pacific Report Gallery - Pictures and video...
Tourism Fiji wins Travel Digest Travel Industry Awards 2015
Report by the Pacific Media Centre in Nadi
Tourism Fiji New Zealand Regional Office has won the Travel Digest Travel Industry Awards 2015 in the...