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Honiara City
DAWN PRINCESS VISITS HONIARA
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism has called on the general public to be always well-mannered and respectful around our overseas visitor. This remainder comes as the Ministry announces the arrival of Cruise Ship, Dawn Princess, this Sunday.
30 Apr 2016
Australia
BIGGEST TOURISM MISSION TO HOST WORKSHOPS IN AUSTRALIA
The biggest ever Solomon Islands tourism mission to visit Australia, the Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau plus 12 local tourism representatives and Solomon Airlines will stage two major workshops in Sydney and Brisbane in May.
26 Apr 2016
Australia
2015 INTERNATIONAL VISITATION INCREASES.
International visitation to Solomon Islands for the period January to December 2015 increased from 20, 061 in 2014 to 21, 623. This is a growth of 7.8 percent.
14 Apr 2016
Government
SIVB PREPARES FOR INTERNATIONAL BIRDWATCHERS
The Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau (SIVB) has taken firm steps to prepare the local tourism industry in readiness for a ‘hoped for influx’ of international birdwatchers this year.
30 Mar 2016
Australia
SIVB PROMOTES ‘HAPI ISLES’ IN AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND
The Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau (SIVB) has started promoting the ‘Hapi Isles’ in Australia and New Zealand. The SIVB Australia and New Zealand’s team attended the biggest travel EXPO in Sydney last week.
4 Feb 2016
Solomon Islands
SI TO WELCOME 8 CRUISE VISITS IN 2016
Solomon Islands will welcome eight separate cruise visits this year. This is a 100 percent increase on it’s 2015 cruise schedule result in building on the country’s potential as a new and exciting destination for international cruise market.
3 Feb 2016
Government
AUSTRALIAN PRINCESS LEFT HONIARA, TOURIST SETBACKS
Australian Sea Princess has left yesterday after its one day visit to the Solomon Islands. Carrying 1,983 passengers and about 850 crew members, Sea Princess arrived in the country yesterday.
1 Feb 2016
Honiara City
HCC ALWAYS PREPARED FOR TOURIST ARRIVALS
Honiara City Council (HCC) Clerk Charles Kelly says the Council is always prepared for the arrival of tourist boats into the capital. Clerk Charles Kelly was responding to a statement by the Head of the Solomon Islands Indigenous Peoples Human Rights Advocacy Association (SIIPHRAA) that the dirty…
29 Jan 2016
Canada
CITREC CHAIR TO SOLOMONS NEXT WEEK
Canadian International Training and Education Corp (CITREC) Chairman Ashwant Dwivedi will be visiting Solomon Islands next week to advance talks and an action plan on Canada’s Labour Mobility Arrangement with the Guadalcanal Province.
8 Jan 2016
Canada
CITREC GRADUATES SENT TO CANADA SOON
Students who have completed their courses under the Canadian International Training and Education Corp (CITREC) in Honiara will soon be sent to Canada to work under the recently signed Labour Mobility agreement between the Guadalcanal provincial government and Canadian government.
23 Nov 2015
Canada
GUADALCANAL-CITREC AGREEMENT TO BENEFIT SOLOMONS
Solomon Islands will gain financial and social benefits from the labour mobility agreement recently signed in Canada by the Guadalcanal provincial government and the Canadian International Training and Education Corporation (CITREC).
3 Nov 2015
Government
CULTURE & TOURISM WORKS ON NEW BILL
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism is working on a bill to be tabled in the next parliament sitting. The Permanent Secretary (Acting) John Wasi announced, the ‘Traditional Knowledge and Expressions of Cultures’ Bill aims at protecting traditional knowledge and cultural expressions of Solomon…
9 Oct 2015
Development
DCCG COMMITTED TO DEVELOP COUNTRY’s CULTURAL SECTOR
The Democratic Coalition for Change (DCC) Government is committed to developing the country’s cultural sector into a meaningful pillar of unity for the country.
8 Oct 2015
Central Islands Province
GREEN TOURISM PARTICIPANTS TO FORM TOURISM ASSOCIATION
Participants attending a Green Tourism workshop in Marolaun, West Russell, will form a new Russell Islands Tourism Association. Eddie Grant reports, a similar association was formed in 2000 but has not been active.
7 Oct 2015
Central Islands Province
FIRST EVER GREEN TOURISM TRAINING HELD IN RUSSELL ISLANDS
A first ever green tourism training ends successfully in West Russell, Central Province. Conducted by Green Tourism, the training aims to provide resource owners the right knowledge to develop tourism in the country.
6 Oct 2015
People
INTERNATIONAL VISITS TO SOLOMONS INCREASING
International visitation to Solomon Islands in May 2015 has exceeded all expectations with numbers for the month increasing by close to 15 percent. Figures released by the Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau show arrivals for May 2015 reached 1,681, an increase of 14.9 percent for the same period last…
6 Oct 2015
Solomon Islands
MINISTRY OF TOURISM HOSTED NATIONAL TOURISM FORUM
The Ministry of Culture and Tourism is hosting a National Tourism Forum today. The one-day event will bring together key players and partners including Government and private sector operators.
24 Sept 2015
Solomon Islands
SOLOMON’s TOURISM FUTURE IN SAFE HANDS: SCHOOL ORATORY CONTEST
“The entire country can be rest assured, Solomon Islands tourism future is in very safe hands”- key message emanating from Tuesday night’s Inter Secondary Schools Oratory Contest at the National Museum. Officially opening the event, the Hon.
24 Sept 2015
Government
SIVB RECORDS 15.6% INCREASE IN VISITOR ARRIVALS THIS APRIL
Solomon Islands Visitors Arrival has shown a 15.6 percent increase in April this year. The Solomon Islands tourism industry confirmed this figure. It adds this is a massive shot of confidence for tourism development in the country.
23 Sept 2015
Solomon Islands
TAIWAN YOUTH AMBASSADOR’s CULTURE EXCHANGE INSTRUMENTAL: BODO
Minister for Culture and Tourism Hon. Bodo Dettke said the Taiwan Youth Ambassadors’ Culture Exchange program is instrumental in promoting cultures and cordial relationship between Solomon Islands and ROC Taiwan.
10 Sept 2015