Tourism

The Fijian tourism sector is one of the hardest-hit industries in the country, and its recovery is projected to take long.

A 40% drop in hotel bookings has been recorded for the next 3 months due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

Fiji’s earnings from tourism stood at over two billions dollars last year.

Tourism Fiji has confirmed that the Fijian Tourism Expo will take place as scheduled from 4-6 May.

The Ministry of Fisheries in collaboration with the Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association are working to establish fishing wardens to monitor fishing grounds around resorts and hotels.

Hotels in Fiji are slowly introducing activities that will help tourists visiting our shores reduce their carbon footprint.

The Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association has raised concerns regarding the increase in unregulated AirBnB’s in Fiji.

The Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association in a media workshop today highlighted a few challenges facing the tourism sector.

The deadly coronavirus outbreak, which has sent panic around the world, should not have a drastic impact on tourism numbers of Fiji and the Pacific.

The Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association believes through agri-tourism, farmers in the crop and livestock sector can make profits.

Hotels and resorts in the country are feeling the pinch of the Coronavirus outbreak as many bookings have been cancelled in the recent week.

Ministry of tourism is keeping a close watch on the advisories being sent out by the health ministry in regard to the outbreak of the Coronavirus.