Fiji expects more from tourism than sugar
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tourism than sugar
The Fiji Government expects tourists to spend SA32 million in Fiji this year, half of the money coming from Australians.
Most of the $32 million will be spent by tourists on hotel accommodation, tours, internal transport fares, and shopping, it was announced in June. Last year tourists spent $25 million in Fiji, which equalled the money made by the Fiji sugar industry for that year. Fiji’s tourist in dustry is now expanding by 25 per cent, a year and employs more than 2,000 people in the hotel industry alone.
In expectation of those tourists, more than $7 million will be spent on building at least 700 new hotel bedrooms in Fiji this year.