5th South Pacific Tourism Conference
Theme: "Tourism: Investing In Our Future"
17 - 18 October 2005
Port
Moresby, Papua New Guinea
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Hon. David Basua, Minister of Culture &
Tourism, Papua New Guinea
WELCOME…As host Minister for the 5th Ministerial Council Meeting
and the South Pacific Tourism Conference, I extend a very warm welcome on
behalf of our government and people of Papua New Guinea to all delegates
and visitors to our beautiful country. It is indeed fitting that PNG
should host such an important tourism meeting of fellow Pacific Islanders
given that our country is now seeing increased tourism activity and
development. More significantly, it is the 30th anniversary of PNG’s
independence and hosting such an important regional event adds value and
meaning to the government’s commitment to tourism development. The
conference theme: "Tourism: Investment In Our Future", so aptly captures
this vision to foster economic and social development in our country and
region. I am sure given the vast and uniquely diverse cultures of our
great land, including the many varieties of flora and fauna and the
beautiful smiles of our people you will enjoy your stay in our country,
Papua New Guinea.
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Peter Vincent, Chief Executive
Officer, Tourism Promotion Authority, Papua New
Guinea
It is
indeed a great honour and privilege on behalf of the local industry
members to welcome you all to Papua New Guinea, particularly in this phase
of major developments within the tourism industry in our beautiful
country. No doubt, our industry stands to benefit immensely from the
experiences of the region and your participation at this 5th South Pacific
Tourism Conference will surely add value to what we are already doing
here. It is a challenge to manage tourism in such a diverse nation as ours
with over 800 different languages and we thank the SPTO for having the
confidence and trust in our ability to host this important regional event.
We welcome you all to Papua New Guinea and we hope you will have a great
time.
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Robert Skews, Chairman, South
Pacific Tourism Organsation
Kia Orana! It is my pleasure to
welcome you to our 5th SPTO conference in Papua New Guinea. Our theme is
Tourism ; Investment in our Future. Our conference promises to be
entertaining as well as informative and we believe that everyone who
attends, will take something positive away from our gathering. I do hope
you also have time to see a little bit of this vast country, with its many
cultures within its far reaching borders. Papua New Guinea is unique, so
do make the most of your opportunity whilst here, to see and do as much as
you can. I am personally very happy to be here to be able to catch up with
some old friends, having spent 4 ½ years here in the mid 1980’s. Please
enjoy your conference.
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Lisiate Akolo, Chief Executive
Officer, South Pacific Tourism Organisation
Hamamas long lu kim yu and welcome to the
Fifth Biennial SP Conference here in Port Moresby. With the theme of
"Tourism: Investment In Our Future", it is appropriate that the conference
is held in PNG, a country with immense diverse resources that needed
investments to develop them to their full potential. May you have a
fruitful conference and enjoy PNG’s hospitality, and be part of its 30th
Independence
Anniversary.
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