The Fiji Times, 17 December 2019 – AUSTRALIAN visitor arrivals into Fiji have plateaued and dipped over the past five years but Fiji Airways brand new Airbus A350 aircraft and Qantas entering the market should see a hike in numbers.
This is the view of Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association chief executive officer Fantasha Lockington.
According to the Fiji Bureau of Statistics, Australian arrivals hit 367,273 in 2015, went down to 360,370 in 2016, moved up to 365,689 in 2017 and went down again to 365,660 last year.
“We can see from the FBOS figures that Australian arrivals have gone down a little bit,” Mrs Lockington said.…read more
