Solomons church leaders promote wedding tourism

Friday, July 15th, 2016

A gathering of several of the Solomon Islands’ most eminent church elders has given ‘in principle’ support to a Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau strategy designed to grow the destination’s appeal to international travelers looking to have their wedding overseas.

Representatives at the meeting included the South Seas Evangelical Church, the Solomon Islands’ United Church, the Seventh Day Adventist Church, the Church of the Nazarene, the Roman Catholic Church, the Solomon Islands’ Christian Association and the Anglican Church of Melanesia in Solomon Islands. Read more

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