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Posted on Jan 09 2001
Guam’s tourism rebounds
HAGATNA, Guam – Guam tourist arrivals climbed to 1,288,002 last year, according to just-released Guam Visitors Bureau statistics.
The total is just under the typical 1.3 million annual visitor arrivals the U.S. territory recorded before the Asian economic crisis.
The bureau has set a goal of two million tourists a year by 2005.
A further sign of a rebound in tourism is a commitment by Tanota Partners to build a new 400-room hotel on Tumon Bay, the Pacific Daily News reported.
New outbreak of violence in Solomons
HONIARA, Solomon Islands – Violence has broken out again in the capital, Honiara, between Marau Eagle Force and Guadalcanal militants.
A Marau man was stabbed by suspected Guadalcanal militants on the eastern outskirts of the capital Monday, following which Marau Eagle Force retaliated by stabbing a Guadalcanal man.
A government official said the Marau issue is hindering the disarmament process between the Malaita Eagle Force and the Isatabu Freedom Movement, who fought an almost two-year ethnic conflict over land rights and jobs.
Vanuatu to combine Air Vanuatu and Vanair
PORT VILA, Vanuatu – Vanuatu’s domestic airline, Vanair, will be merged into the country’s international carrier, Air Vanuatu, creating one airline, Prime Minister Barak Sope has announced.
“We are thinking of a March 31st date” for the formal merger,” he said.
The combined airline is expected to provide operational efficiencies and increase revenues. (Pacific Islands Report)
