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IPA acting managing director, Clarence Hoot, says PNG can compete with other tourism hot spots in the Pacific and Oceania Region by selling our brand of ‘adventure tourism’.

“We can go hiking, you go to the forest and do a bit of bird watching, you can go rafting, you can go scuba diving, so our focus should be more towards adventurous tourism,” said Hoot.

He said countries like Fiji received many tourists based on what he coined “laid-back tourism” where tourists go to relax.

The Deseret News reports Malachi Bradley's family last saw him near the Paradise Park Campground in Ashley National Forest.

Uintah County Sheriff's Corporal Brian Fletcher told the Salt Lake Tribune that trained personnel from neighbouring counties as well as the Ute Indian Tribe are traveling the area on ATVs searching for the boy.

A Department of Public Safety helicopter also is assisting in the search.