Tag: Tourism
France to blame for ‘constructing’ Kanaky crisis, says Kia Mau
Pacific Media Watch
A Māori supporter of Pacific independence movements claims the French government has "constructed the crisis" in New Caledonia by pushing the indigenous...
PNG’s trade minister pledges China, Indon free trade deals are ‘in...
By Matthew Vari, editor of the PNG Post-Courier
Papua New Guinea's Minister for International Trade and Investment Richard Maru has assured investors in Asia that...
Fifteen Pasifika people on NZ King’s Birthday Honours List
RNZ Pacific
Paediatrician Dr Teuila Percival heads the list of Pacific recipients in the New Zealand King's Birthday Honours List for 2023.
Dr Percival is one...
Protest funder hopes it will revive NZ’s $18 billion tourism industry
RNZ News
One of the people funding New Zealand's two-week-old Parliament grounds occupation says it makes no sense to maintain a quarantine system at the...
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...
Two French journalists deported from Papua over alleged visa violations
By Nethy Dharma Somba in Jayapura
Indonesia's Tembagapura Immigration Office has banned two French journalists, Jean Frank Pierre, 45, and Basille Marie Longhamp, 42, from...
Vanuatu tourism sector calls for quick resolution over airport contract
By Dan McGarry in Port Vila
On the day of the arrival in Vanuatu of World Bank Vice President Victoria Kwakwa, tourism industry stakeholders are...
David Robie: Florida airport shootings – few basic questions being raised
Surveillance footage of the accused guman Esteban Santiago opening fire at Fort Lauderdale Airport in Florida last Friday. Video: TMZ website
ANALYSIS: By David Robie
Just...
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...
Vanuatu airport runway repairs usher in new tourism era
A ceremony on Friday marked the completion of the first phase of rehabilitation for Vanuatu’s Port Vila Bauerfield Airport and ushered in a new...
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...
NZ waits on fix-up plans for Vanuatu airport
By Len Garae in Port Vila
“New Zealand has been a strong supporter of tourism in this country and we are honoured to act...