Tourism remains Fiji’s economic mainstay

Tourism remains Fiji’s economic mainstay

Fiji Times – 20th November 2019.

TOURIST arrivals increased by four per cent in the nine months of this year compared to the same period last year.

Fiji’s Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism Premila Kumar highlighted this in parliament today saying that tourism remained the mainstay of the island nation’s economy.

“Our earnings from tourism in the first half of this year increased by approximately seven per cent compared to the same period last year,” Mrs Kumar said while responding to President Jioji Konrote’s opening speech. Read more…