International visitation to the Solomon Islands is up this quarter. Visitation rose by 29 percent in June, with the number of visitors from Australia increasing by nearly 62 percent.
A tourism operator in Malaita’s Langa Langa Lagoon has called on the Government to encourage private boat operators to provide better transport options in and out of Auki, Malaita.
It is not a common answer for Solomon Islander girls when they’re asked: what do you do for a job? But Dive Munda, a local diving company, is trying to change that. The company, in the Western Province, has trained, and now employs, four female dive guides.
A new study has highlighted the importance of tourism in the Solomon Islands, and its potential to become a new economic pillar of the country. Commissioned by the Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau (SIVB) and carried out by a Sydney-based research company, the report showed that visitors into into…
A high-level meeting to discuss remittances for foreign workers from Solomon Islands planning to work in Canada is taking place in Canada’s capital Ottawa.
Solomon Islands has unveiled its tourism blueprint at the recent South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) Council of Tourism Ministers meeting in Rarotonga, Cooks Islands. Minister of Culture and Tourism, Hon.
Partnership and collaboration in the spirit of regionalism were among other agendas agreed to by Tourism Ministers during the 26th Council of Tourism Ministers meeting in Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company Cruises celebrated its inaugural visit to Solomon Islands over the weekend with a visit by the Pacific Eden – a 1,500 guest cruise ship.
Canadian Businesses will see more Solomon Islanders in their hotel and tourism industry after it was announced that seven more Guadalcanal CITREC graduates would be making their way to Canada to be employed by a major international hotel chain when the seasonal worker hiring begins early next year.
The Minister of Culture and Tourism Bartholomew Parapolo has reiterated the Government’s commitment to restore and promote the country’s cultural industry into a tourism product.
The Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau (SIVB) has unveiled its plan to provide live entertainment at the Henderson International Airport. SIVB confirms in a statement today.
French Polynesia (Tahiti) has offered to help Solomon Islands develop its tourism industry. It also proposes potential areas for wider Pacific regional cooperation in airline services and restrictive fishing limits.
The Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau (SIVB) is now extending its message promoted as a true mecca for bird watching enthusiasts in the key Australian and New Zealand markets to the United Kingdom.
The Provincial Premier for Central Islands Province Hon. Selwyn Mapuli has questioned the diversion of the $1 million fund allocated to construct the British Number One House in Tulagi. Reconstruction of the British Number One House in Tulagi is the National Tourism Project in Central Province.
Guadalcanal premier, Anthony Veke has said the relationship between Guadalcanal province and the Canadian International Training and Educational Corp (CITREC) has reached a new height. Premier Veke told SIBC News in an interview this week.
Solomon Islands could be an ideal tourist destination for Chinese tourists, according to visiting Counsellor of the Papua New Guinea based Chinese Embassy, Wang Genhua.
A gathering of several of the Solomon Islands’ most eminent church elders has given ‘in principle’ support to a Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau strategy designed to grow the destination’s appeal to international travellers looking to get married overseas.
Cruise tourism could grow five-fold, from AUD$0.6 million to AUD$3.3 million by 2017. This is according to a research presented today at the launch of the “Assessment of the Economic Impact of Cruising to Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands”.
The Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau (SIVB) has said a continuing strong performance across March has seen the Solomon Islands close off this year’s first quarter with a 14.5 percent increase in international visitor arrivals, including a marked 19.4 percent increase in Asian-based traffic.
The 2016 Queen’s Young Leaders Award winner, 26-year-old Nolan Salmon Parairua wants to raise a number of youth issues to the international state during his visit to Buckingham Palace, London next week.
