Solomon Islands tourism: good start to 2016

THE SOLOMON ISLANDS tourism industry has enjoyed one of its best ever starts to a year, with combined international visitor arrivals for the two-month period January and February increasing by more than 23 per cent. 

#SolomonIslands government statistics showed there were 3,362 international visitor arrivals for the period, a 23.4 percent increase over the total for the same period in 2015.

Double digit growth was achieved in all of the destination’s top four source markets – Australia, US, Papua New Guinea, and New Zealand.

The government’s tourism department plans to step up its marketing activity in the UK and continental Europe, promoting the destination’s niche tourism offerings, in particular diving, culture, and bird watching.

The Solomon Islands comprises six major islands and more than 900 smaller ones to the east of Papua New Guinea and north-west of Vanuatu in the South Pacific.

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