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Other Outreach

  • National Workshop on Facilitating Movement of Fijian Handicrafts

The workshop was conducted from 28 to 29 September 2017, by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) in collaboration with the Ministry, Department of National Heritage and Arts, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat, Pacific Horticultural and Market Access Program (PHAMA) and Biosecurity of Fiji.

Over 30 producers, buyers, Government officials, biosecurity officials and stakeholders involved in the Fijian handicraft industry were present to discuss the new Regional Biosecurity Manual developed by SPC andnAustralian-funded PHAMA for handicraft exports. The Ministry also used the workshop to present tourism opportunities and the Fijian Made-Buy Fijian Campaign.

  • Tourism Community Awareness Workshop – Dawasamu, Tailevu

The Ministry was invited by the Department of Environment to a Joint Community Awareness Workshop at Nataleira Village for the Tikina of Dawasamu from 28 to 29 August 2017. The theme of the Workshop was “Connecting People to Nature and Sustainable Tourism Supporting Local Community”. The purpose of the Joint Community Awareness Workshop was to provide the people of Dawasamu insights on conservation of the natural environment and its utilisation in a sustainable manner, as a source of income.

  • Tourism Awareness for International Secondary School, Suva

The Ministry on 8 May 2018 participated in an awareness session with Year 10 students of the International Secondary School, Suva, studying tourism boards around the world. The main focus of the session was to create awareness on the role of the Ministry and Tourism Fiji in the greater Fijian tourism industry.

  • Radio Talk back show (August 2018) – collaboration with Fiji Broadcasting Corporation to create tourism awareness and highlight MSME success stories. The Ministry partnered with Fiji One Television to highlight success stories of tourism MSMEs, which aired on the Talk Business Show. This provided a platform to encourage aspiring entrepreneurs to venture into tourism. A total of 11 Tourism MSME Success Stories from the Rewa, Naitasiri, Tailevu and Nadi tourism regions were aired on Fiji One Television.
  • Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association, Digital Media Workshops (November 2018 and June 2019) – capacity building initiative to assist the industry, in particular MSMEs, to leverage and maximise benefits from online and digital presence.
  • Nausori and Navosa Highlands Familiarisation Trip (April 2019) – joint collaboration between Tourism Fiji, Destination Dreaming and Rosie Holidays to understand the current products on the ground and identify the potential for future growth in the Nausori and Navosa Highlands.
  • Yalobi village, Waya, Yasawa Islands (July 2019) – a collaboration with South Sea Cruises to assist the community develop day tour products.

The Ministry revisited Fijians of Yalobi Village in Waya, Yasawa on 5 November 2019 as a follow-up to the community awareness engagement conducted in July 2019. The Ministry took the opportunity to conduct the FIJIAN HOSTS customer service training for 13 youth, highlighting the importance of communication in service delivery. The officials took a tour of Yalobi to obtain first-hand experience of how the tour will be conducted and how best to promote it.

  • Nasavu Village – Serua

The Ministry visited Nasavu Village in Serua on 30 September 2019, in response to a request for Tourism awareness consultation. The engagement was a joint collaboration with the Serua Provincial Council and the iTaukei Affairs Board, who have been working closely with the community and other communities in Serua – exploring business opportunities and providing advice on how to better utilise their resources sustainably. Discussions focused around brainstorming ideas with the community to be involved in Ecotourism and encouraging them to understand the potentials of tourism development.

  • Namaqumaqua Village, Serua

With representatives of the iTaukei Affairs Board and the Serua Provincial Office, we met with villagers of Namaqumaqua, Serua on 16 August 2019 to provide tourism and business advice to the members of Sema and Nataukele clans, in developing tour products to attract the cruise market. The joint collaboration offered an opportunity for Government and resource owners to engage and discuss key issues faced by the community in terms of income generation and sustainable tourism product development.

  • Waikubukubu village, Tavua, Ba (July 2019) – joint awareness session with the Ministry of Forests, to facilitate the community’s eco-park venture.
  • Rejuvenating the Old Capital (Levuka) for Tourism Boost

Representatives from the Ministry, Tour Managers Department of Heritage and Arts and the Lomaiviti Provincial Council visited 3 districts (Nasinu, Lovoni and Bureta) and the New Hebrides community in Levuka, Ovalau to conduct a tourism scoping exercise from the 5 – 6 September 2019 in preparation for the Back to Levuka Week Programme.

The visit included ‘talanoa sessions’ with these communities to identify their natural and heritage attractions that can be used for tourism related activities, while providing business advice on Tourism development. For more information visit.

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