By Peter Semone
Late in 2007, I was invited by the South Pacific Tourism Organisation (aka South-Pacific.travel) to undertake a study on cruise tourism development in their region. Below is the executive summary. The full report can be downloaded here.
Who better to describe the nautical beauty and magic of the Pacific than James Michener? His words ring so true for today’s South Pacific.
I have been a child of aviation and travel, but it is sometimes perplexing for me to realise that in the two decades, 1890-1910, it was somewhat easier to get to the little islands than it is now, for the understandable reason that small, two-masted schooners, captained by daring skippers, found it easier and more profitable to work their way among the islands than the big airlines can do today.
- James Michener, 1992
Peter was here in Papua New Guinea on a site visit for this Strategy & i was lucky enough to be able to be there when he presented.
The beacons presented were relevant to us all in the Pacific. PNG benefited in terms of a clear analysis of our cruise industry. We are now aiming get a interpretation of that strategy specific for PNG.
Cheers