A local tourist business operator in North Malaita, Ngenomea Kabui, has questioned the government’s tourism development priorities. This came after a recent trip to the region by Chief Executive Officer of Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau, Josefa Tuamoto, has failed to identify potential tourist…
The Government has signed an agreement with local tourism company Solomon Host and a Brisbane-based video production company, Torn Parachute, for the gateway project this week.
The Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau has unveiled its plans to position the destination as a new and very alternative venue for the international MICE market.
Central Islands Province is a sleeping tourism monster capable of overtaking Western Province, the country’s current tourism hub if developed. Michael Tokuru of Green Tourism says four tourism sites on Rodrick Bay have been identified as best tourism spots because of their natural settings and…
The Embassy of Japan today hands over scholarship airline tickets to two local research students to study in Japan universities. The two research students Edward Danitofea and Stella Bokelema will undertake research studies on improving Environmental Management system and Tourism and International…
Solomon Airlines and the Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau have announced a new memorandum of understanding to advertise and promote the Solomon Islands overseas.
Foreign Affairs Minister Clay Forau says one of the tourism components that needs immediate attention is the construction of a Crafts Centre. The Minister made the remarks during the launching of the Ministry’s new website and enhanced integrated framework tourism project in Honiara on Friday.
Visitors spend an average of 1-Thousand 400-hundred dollars per night and an average of 15 days in Solomon Islands. Reports say the total number of visitors into Solomon Islands was 23- Thousand in 2013.
The National Government has officially handed over the keys to a new double-story complex that will be the School of Tourism and Hospitality at the Solomon Islands National University.
Solomon Islands is lagging behind its regional neighbours in tourism, the Minister for Culture and Tourism told a Government-hosted dinner over the weekend.
Local tourism operators in the country have welcomed the appointment of Fiji-National Josefa Tuamoto as CEO of the Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau and say Mr Tuamoto can expect their full cooperation during his tenure in office.
The new CEO for the Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau has arrived. In a Government statement, Minister for Culture and Tourism Samuel Manetoali said the appointment of Josefa Tuamoto will bring a wealth of experience in marketing Solomon Islands as a tourism destination in the world.
A former Tourism Fiji chief executive, Josefa Tuamoto has been appointed as CEO of the Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau. A statement from the Bureau says Mr Tuamoto was the catalyst for repositioning Fiji’s tourism internationally under the highly successful and very high profile ‘Fiji Me’ branding.
