Focus on tourism in the Solomon Islands

THE Solomon Islands government is looking to the tourism sector to attract 60,000 visitors annually by 2025, in the process netting the country’s economy SBD1 billion. With International visitation to the Solomon Islands growing on average nine per cent annually, the destination is hopeful of achieving the 30,000 mark by the end of 2019.  

Addressing delegates attending the 2019 ‘Measure What Matters’ Tourism Focus in Honiara, #SolomonIslands caretaker prime minister, the Hon. Rick Rick Houenipwela said contributions from tourism in recent years had now grown to the point when the sector was now looked at to plug the gap left by the country’s former key economic drivers, including forestry and mining."

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Solomon Islands records biggest ever August visitor numbers

THE 75th anniversary of the Battle of Guadalcanal has been attributed as the key factor in the Solomon Islands recording its biggest ever August visitor intake since arrival records began. A total of 2589 visitors arrived in August, the figure representing a 34.98 per cent increase over the net increase over the 1916 recorded in August 2016 with marked increases seen from Australia, the US, New Zealand and particularly Japan. 

#SolomonIslands Visitors Bureau CEO, Josefa ‘Jo’ Tuamoto said the 75th anniversary had undoubtedly played a major role in the result.

“Given the huge amount of effort which went into promoting the event on a world-wide basis, we were confident of an increase in our international visitors so the result is very pleasing indeed,” Mr Tuamoto said. “Our amazing WWII history, our well-preserved battlefields and our war museums continue to prove a major attraction and especially, the huge amount of sunken ships and aircraft which have made us such a mecca for the international dive market.

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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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Fiji best for beaches

FOR the second year running, Australian readers of International Traveller magazine have voted #Fiji as the best place in the world for beach and #familyholidays.

In the magazine’s second annual Readers’ Choice Awards, Fiji led the voting ahead of Hawai’i, Bali, Thailand, Tahiti, Vanuatu, Cook Islands, Greek Islands, Mauritius, and the Philippines.

Fiji was also voted once again the best destination for a family holiday, ahead of runners-up Disneyland, Bali, Hawaii, and New Zealand.


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