FHTA Tourism Talanoa: Empowering Local Businesses through Cruise Tourism

FHTA Tourism Talanoa: Empowering Local Businesses through Cruise Tourism

This week, let’s explore the notion of tourism leakages in Fiji and examine how community-based tourism initiatives are helping to bridge the gap between tourism revenue and grassroots development.

Leakages refer to the money that is lost from the local economy due to the outflow of funds to foreign-owned businesses, individuals, and governments overseas.

The leakages occur when the revenue generated by tourism is spent outside the local economy, instead of being reinvested in local businesses, infrastructure, and services.

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FHTA Tourism Talanoa: Be Engaged, Be Part of the Solution

FHTA Tourism Talanoa: Be Engaged, Be Part of the Solution

This week, let’s explore the notion of tourism leakages in Fiji and examine how community-based tourism initiatives are helping to bridge the gap between tourism revenue and grassroots development.

Leakages refer to the money that is lost from the local economy due to the outflow of funds to foreign-owned businesses, individuals, and governments overseas.

The leakages occur when the revenue generated by tourism is spent outside the local economy, instead of being reinvested in local businesses, infrastructure, and services.

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FHTA Tourism Talanoa: Debunking the Myth of Tourism Leakages in Fiji

FHTA Tourism Talanoa: Debunking the Myth of Tourism Leakages in Fiji

This week, let’s explore the notion of tourism leakages in Fiji and examine how community-based tourism initiatives are helping to bridge the gap between tourism revenue and grassroots development.

Leakages refer to the money that is lost from the local economy due to the outflow of funds to foreign-owned businesses, individuals, and governments overseas.

The leakages occur when the revenue generated by tourism is spent outside the local economy, instead of being reinvested in local businesses, infrastructure, and services.

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FHTA Tourism Talanoa: Unlocking the Power of Linkages

FHTA Tourism Talanoa: Unlocking the Power of Linkages

Last week we looked at the need to stimulate investments in infrastructure that in turn would rapidly progress investments in agriculture, business process outsourcing (BPO), information communication technology (ICT), construction, manufacturing and further progress tourism, as well as the SME sector that has the fastest potential to drive economic growth.
While more than 75% of tourism businesses in Fiji are owned by Fijian nationals, there is an urgent need to encourage more private investments to drive a faster economic development uptake, and for this shorter-term impact; support for SME businesses and further tourism growth can drive a quicker turnaround.

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FHTA Tourism Talanoa: Investment Perspectives

FHTA Tourism Talanoa: Investment Perspectives

As Fiji continues to grapple with the issue of sustainability, the importance of recycling has become an increasing part of achieving this, but just as clearly, our efforts need to be part of an ongoing series of collective actions to determine exactly how we Keep Fiji Beautiful.
Despite the efforts of individuals and organizations to promote recycling, there is a critical aspect of this issue that is often overlooked: the readiness for recycling when there is a far more urgent issue at stake for many of our citizens – waste collection.

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FHTA Tourism Talanoa: Local Ownership in Tourism

FHTA Tourism Talanoa: Local Ownership in Tourism

As Fiji continues to grapple with the issue of sustainability, the importance of recycling has become an increasing part of achieving this, but just as clearly, our efforts need to be part of an ongoing series of collective actions to determine exactly how we Keep Fiji Beautiful.
Despite the efforts of individuals and organizations to promote recycling, there is a critical aspect of this issue that is often overlooked: the readiness for recycling when there is a far more urgent issue at stake for many of our citizens – waste collection.

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FHTA Tourism Talanoa: Trashing & Treasure

FHTA Tourism Talanoa: Trashing & Treasure

As Fiji continues to grapple with the issue of sustainability, the importance of recycling has become an increasing part of achieving this, but just as clearly, our efforts need to be part of an ongoing series of collective actions to determine exactly how we Keep Fiji Beautiful.
Despite the efforts of individuals and organizations to promote recycling, there is a critical aspect of this issue that is often overlooked: the readiness for recycling when there is a far more urgent issue at stake for many of our citizens – waste collection.

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FHTA Tourism Talanoa: Our Trash Destroying Our Treasure

FHTA Tourism Talanoa: Our Trash Destroying Our Treasure

As Fiji continues to grapple with the issue of sustainability, the importance of recycling has become an increasing part of achieving this, but just as clearly, our efforts need to be part of an ongoing series of collective actions to determine exactly how we Keep Fiji Beautiful.
Despite the efforts of individuals and organizations to promote recycling, there is a critical aspect of this issue that is often overlooked: the readiness for recycling when there is a far more urgent issue at stake for many of our citizens – waste collection.

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FHTA Tourism Talanoa: Getting Ready to Get Busy

FHTA Tourism Talanoa: Getting Ready to Get Busy

As we move into mid-March and prepare for the upward swing in demand; license
and permit renewals have been completed, staff training, upskilling and onboarding
are in full swing, marketing and packaging efforts are being fine-tuned, supplies have
been ordered earlier than usual to try and outwit the dreaded Port of Auckland
supply-chain bottleneck, and preparations are being completed to ensure the
industry is ready for the first real bump up in numbers that usually takes place over
Easter.
With forward bookings already looking strong, we are hoping that everyone,
including our critical SMEs, will be getting ready for the long uphill run to the high
season.

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FHTA Tourism Talanoa: Why Her & Achieving SDG 5

FHTA Tourism Talanoa: Why Her & Achieving SDG 5

International Women’s Day 2023 is marked by the theme of “Embrace equity.”

This year’s theme calls for a collective effort towards creating a society where everyone, regardless of gender, has access to equal opportunities and resources.

The theme of “Embrace equity” is a reminder that although progress has been made towards gender equality, there is still a long way to go.

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