Fiji Travel Guide
1/09/2008 at 1:00 PM
Tags: Tourism Marketing, Fiji Travel, Tourists (all tags)
Avoiding problems by avoiding tourists...
Fijian tourism is suffering, and it's not just because of military coups. Nope, the thing that's really killing 'em is an incident last year in which a drunken Fijian soldier urinated on a Japanese tourist on board an Air Pacific flight.
Believe it or not, said the Fiji Times:
Urinating on a tourist on an international flight is a high-profile incident which gains global notoriety.
And getting peed on is only half of it. From cab drivers who overcharge tourists, to shop vendors working the hard sell to gum-smacking customs officers, the tourism industry is doing everything it can to give the country a black eye, the newspaper says. While there aren't any quick fixes listed, we've gotta figure that making it to the airplane lav in time would be a good start.
Related Stories:
· Urinating on Japanese Tourist Hits Fiji Tourism Badly [Stuff.co.nz]
· Coup Travel: The South Pacific's the Place [Jaunted]
[Photo: Wikipedia]
by pbb
9/07/2007 at 9:15 AM
Tags: Tourism Boards, Travel Advertising (all tags)
A recent campaign for selling a holiday to Fiji from New Zealand used the headline "What a coup!" to try to entice vacationers. Doesn't sound too tasteless, unless of course you remember the country's military coup late last year.
Travel to the island country in the past year has been a bit disrupted by political instability. Case in point: The military-led government has just instituted a state of emergency to keep a grip on power.
The Advertising Standards Authority took a good look at the "What a coup!" campaign and said it was offensive, "but not offensive enough to breach its code of ethics". Makes us wonder what the bloody hell would break the rules.
Related Stories:
· Fiji Coup Ad Questionable [stuff.co.nz]
· Ask An Aussie About Fijian Coups [HotelChatter]
· Fiji Travel Stories [Jaunted]
[Photo: Alex Kehr]
by amandak
5/08/2006 at 11:25 AM
Tags: Celeb Travel (all tags)
Tori Spelling visited the altar a second time this weekend with a new hubby, Dean McDermott, in tow. Unsatisfied with a quickie Vegas wedding, the wedding party jetted to Fiji instead.
Tori moves fast: she just got divorced a month ago (and was engaged to Dean while she was still legally married to her first husband), Spelling and a few friends headed to Fiji so she could tie the knot on the beach. Both Tori and Dean wore white (guess those rules don't apply in the South Pacific) and stood around barefoot as they proclaimed their love.
We're accepting bets as to how long you think this one will last. Right now our money's on the amount of time it takes to fly direct back from Fiji to LA. So notorious, indeed.
Related Stories:·
Tori's Sneaky Wedding [Sky Showbiz News]
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Toned-down Tori ties knot No. 2 [Boston Herald]
by sedona
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