Fiji hotels operating ‘close to normal’ despite severe flooding

Fiji’s main island of Viti Levu has been hammered by heavy rain in recent days, causing severe flooding and closing access to the popular resort island of Denarau.

Fiji to get AUD$290 million integrated casino resort

BY JAMES WILKINSON

Fiji is set to get a AUD$290 million integrated resort – featuring a casino under the first ever gaming licence to be issued in the country – on Denarau Island after US-based developer One Hundred Sands Limited was given the green light for the project from the Fijian Government.

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: Fijian PM Frank Bainimarama talks tourism

EXCLUSIVE BY JAMES WILKINSON IN FIJI

Fiji’s Prime Minister, Commodore Josaia Voreque ‘Frank’ Bainimarama, says tourism is a major component of the country’s economic survival going forward, with international visitors now helping account for 34% of the country’s GDP.

Exclusive: Fijian PM Bainimarama launches Wyndham’s Fiji upgrade

BY JAMES WILKINSON IN NADI, FIJI

The Fijian Prime Minister, Commodore Josaia Voreque ‘Frank’ Bainimarama, has officially launched Wyndham’s FJD$49 million expansion of the company’s WorldMark Resort on Denarau Island, saying the development is significant for tourism growth in the country.

Vomo Island's Hawksbill Turtle protection program breeds success in Fiji

Fiji’s Vomo Island Hawksbill Turtle Protection Program has registered another successful release of a young-adult turtle into the wild. Born on Vomo Island in July 2009, the turtle was one of hundreds hatched on the island and were cared for and raised until old enough to be released into the ocean.

Fiji Tourism event drowned but not out

BY RODERICK EIME IN FIJI

Amid stormy weather and giant waves that flooded several hotels, Fiji’s premier tourism trade event, Bula Fiji Tourism Exchange (BFTE), continued regardless.

Fiji Orchid blooms

EXCLUSIVE BY RODERICK EIME IN FIJI

In a scene reminiscent of that ‘80s beer commercial “They said you’d never make it”, Jenny and Peter Bourke built their dream of luxury Fiji on a run-down remote island in the middle of nowhere that no one wanted to touch.

Aussies visit Fiji in record numbers

Fiji’s record breaking Australian visitor arrival performance continues unabated with the South Pacific destination hosting a record smashing 27,500 plus Aussies last October. Figures released this week by Tourism Fiji show a total of 27,531 Australians visited Fiji in October, that figure eclipsing the previous record set in September 2009 – 26,342 – by 1189. [...]