Don’t Abandon Samoa – Plea to Australian Holidaymakers
Posted: October 24, 2009 Filed under: Breaking News, Business, Community, Current, Earthquake Tsunami Samoa/AmSampa 09, NZPacific, South Pacific Region, Tourism | Tags: Australian holidaymakers, hotels, hotels samoa, pacific tourism, resorts samoa, samoa, samoa tourism, Samoa's Deputy Prime Minister Misa Telefoni, Savaii, tourists to samoa, travel samoa, travel to samoa, Upolu, www.samoa.travel 1 CommentAustralian Newspaper The Age reports
Samoa’s Deputy Prime Minister Misa Telefoni has called on Australian holidaymakers to not abandon the tsunami-hit South Pacific country.
Mr Telefoni said last month’s tsunami, triggered by an earthquake, has scared tourists away.
“Ninety per cent of our infrastructure, resorts, hotel rooms and all the different beaches we have were not affected (by the tsunami),” Mr Telefoni told reporters in Brisbane on Saturday.
“What the industry did, which I think is very commendable, is let everybody know that there would be no penalties for cancelling flights or bookings, which about 50 per cent did (cancel holiday bookings).”
Mr Telefoni said cancellations were decreasing.
“I want to let people know it’s still a great place to holiday,” he said.
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