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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 August 1956Vol. XXVII, No. 1

[?]Ated Value Of Fiji's

p. 137 · Read in the full issue

Tourist Industry

tourist industry brought about 0,000 to Fiji last year, said Mr.

Hewlett, Secretary of the Fiji 5’ Bureau and Fiji Travsl ition, at a meeting of the ition.

Hewlett’s figures are based estimated daily expenditure urist of £5. This means an ted 50,000 tourists in 1955 traordinary number for a wintry like Fiji. However, in ik-down of figures it was that 18,000 were through air ?ers, who spent an estimated . 15,500 were through ship ?ers, who spent an estimated i; and 9,000 were cruise-ship ?ers (£lO per head)).