Sustainable tourism

Growing Sustainable Tourism leads talks at Samoa Tourism Forum 2017

Coordinated by the Samoa Tourism Authority (STA), the Samoa Tourism Forum provides tourism business operators and the wider tourism sector, valuable insights and understanding about key issues which influence and shape tourism development in Samoa, the region and globe.

The Minister of Tourism, Sala Fata Pinati officially launched this annual Tourism Forum last week Friday.

SPTO to measure sustainability of Pacific tourism

RNZ reports economic, environmental and socio-cultural sustainability are the three areas which define a sustainable tourist operation.

The concept being to adopt a long term approach to financial gain and trying to limit negative environmental impacts and preserve local culture and traditions for future generations.

The manager of SPTO's newly created sustainable tourism development division, Christina Leala Gale, said often Pacific countries focused heavily on only one or two of the three areas.