For Solomons
p. 129 · Read in the full issue
Tourist Drive Plan For Solomons
fpHE Chamber of Commerce of -I the British Solomon Islands Protectorate has set up a sub-com mittee to deal with tourism, which is an industry of growing importance in the Protectorate.
The Government is co-operating and the chamber hopes to issue pro motion literature sometime this year.
One difficulty the industry faces is limited hotel accommodation.
There is one hotel in Honiara, the Hotel Mendana.
The chamber committee, which meets once a month, comprises: Messrs. J. Close (chairman), C.
Cheng (vice-chairman), E. V. Law son, T. Chan, R. Schroeder, A. J.
Blum, G. Chee and J. Curtin and Mrs. D. Falconer (secretary).