Pacific tourism - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 30 Apr 2020 06:37:01 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Pacific tourism - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Pacific tourism industry wiped out by Covid-19 https://cathnews.co.nz/2020/04/30/pacific-tourism-industry-covid-19/ Thu, 30 Apr 2020 07:50:12 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=126401 The decimation of the Pacific's tourism industry by Covid-19 could plunge thousands of people into poverty, according to a new assessment by the International Labour Organisation. Thousands of jobs in countries like Fiji, Samoa and Tonga are dependent on visitor numbers, which have fallen to zero. Thousands of jobs have already been lost, with resorts Read more

Pacific tourism industry wiped out by Covid-19... Read more]]> The decimation of the Pacific's tourism industry by Covid-19 could plunge thousands of people into poverty, according to a new assessment by the International Labour Organisation.

Thousands of jobs in countries like Fiji, Samoa and Tonga are dependent on visitor numbers, which have fallen to zero.

Thousands of jobs have already been lost, with resorts and hotels closing in Fiji, the Cook Islands and Samoa, countries where tourism makes up more than half the economy. Read more

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