Friday 24th May 2013 Issue 18

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Trade and Media

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News from the office

VTO and Air Vanuatu team up at Travel Weekly roadshow Vanuatu Tourism Office and Air Vanuatu joined the Travel Weekly roadshow event in Melbourne on 7 May at the RACV Club as a Platinum sponsor. Read here. VTO goes “Eden on the River” By Sebastien Bador, VTO Events & Trade: Recently, the VTO attended the official launching of Vanuatu latest tourism product: Eden on the River. Allan Kalfabun, Marketing Manager, and Sebastien Bador, Events & Trade Manager, went to Carolyn and Joe Ernst property at Rentabao. Click here. VTO Santo Officers visit the beautiful Vao Island in Malekula By Patrick Vuraboravoi, Santo Officer: I received a letter of invitation from the chiefs, local tourism authorities and communities of Vao for a visit. The date was confirmed and scheduled for 27th & 28th April, 2013. The communities on Vao heard about Glenn Russell creativity in… Read more.

VTO Out & About

Miss Vanuatu 2013 not just a beauty pageant

VTO media release 24 May 2012: This June, Miss Vanuatu Committee is hosting the national event at Saralana Stage, Port-Vila. The pageant will be held on the 8 June and one talented Ni-Vanuatu woman will be crowned Miss Vanuatu 2013. Read more.

Local Industry

Want a Jet Bike? Vanuatu launches a first in the region! Jet Bike is a new product which launched this month by the proud new owners and managers of Parasailing. Dave and Dayna Walker who now own the Parasailing has introduce Jet Bike tour which the first of its kind in the South Pacific. Jet Bike is a combination of the sleek body of a motorcycle with the aerial capabilities of a fighter aircraft. The jet bike intuitive controls first time riders to fly like professional pilots. View their website for further information and images www.jetbikevanuatu.com . Bookings can be made at the Parasailing pontoon or by phone +678 5552916. Email : info@jetbikevanuatu.com . Vanuatu Tourism & Our Pacific “Back of Bus” Campaign on the go! Perfect timing to roll out Vanuatu Tourism’s ‘back of bus’ campaign as parts of New Zealand are experiencing rain and the typical winter chills. Vanuatu Tourism Office NZ and Our Pacific have buses that carry the destination logo embedded on a stunning brand image (viewed above), to entice NZ visitors to come to tropical Vanuatu and escape winter chills. Lelepa Office opened at Chief Roi Mata’s Domain, World Heritage site in Vanuatu News source Daily Post, 14 May 2013: Chief Roi Mata’s Domain is the first site in Vanuatu that was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2008. Read article here.

Turn Port Vila into ‘Pearl of the South Pacific’: Crowby By Len Garae, Daily Post: May 23 morning, Minister for Internal Affairs Patrick Crowby has appealed to the Central Government, Port Vila Municipal Council, Shefa Province, Private Sector and citizens of Port Vila to turn Port Vila into the “Pearl of the South Pacific”. The Minister made the call in his address to mark the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Government, Port Vila Municipal Council and Shefa Province towards the building of the longest walk way from the Market House to Faturmaru Bay in what is termed the “Joint Port Vila Beautification Project”. The project is to be funded by traditional donor partners New Zealand and Australia. The total cost of the project has yet to be announced. The Minister is not new to the project as it was he who initiated the beautification project complete with its colourful Christmas lights and Fatumaru Bay waterfall when he was the Mayor of Port Vila Municipal Council. He called on the people of Port Vila to take good care of the new project when it is finished saying, “We all come from near and far to live in our multicultural community in Port Vila and it is our duty to take great care of our environment to keep it clean, beautiful for ourselves and our visitors. “Let us not forget that it takes exceptional generosity for the indigenous landowners of Ifira and their chief to allow us to live and work here in Port Vila. For this reason, I appeal to all of us to show respect for our environment to keep it beautiful because that respect will filter through to the custom landowners of Port Vila”. Read more

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EVENTS & festivals

Trade & MediA

Pacifically designed to reduce stress – Wotif Australia campaign Australians can take advantage of great deals to Vanuatu in a ‘Pacifically designed to reduce stress’ Vanuatu campaign. Accommodation around Efate, Santo and Tanna is on sale from 20 May to 2 June for Aussies to plan that winter getaway. Find deals from Australia at the following link: http://www.wotif.com/search/WotsOn?category=1690010&stlcmpid=MP5458

Vanuatu feature, Island Time magazine – May/June 2013

Vanuatu is highlighted in Island Time magazine and becomes every tourist’s islands of adventure with stories like “Up, up and away”, “Sailing away Vanuatu style”, “Flying through the jungle”, “Going off road –Vanuatu Safari Tours, and much much more. Click on the left image or click here to read through.

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