Korolevu's Jubilee

“TF someone were to write the his- J. tory of tourism in Fiji, the pride of place must surely go to the Raggs, the Clarks, Northern Hotels Ltd and, of course, the Korolevu Beach Hotel.

These four head the list that put Fiji on the world tourism map and pio neered the growth of what has be come our most important industry”.

So writes Fiji’s Minister for Tour ism, Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, in a tribute in April to the silver jubilee of Korolevu —Fiji’s oldest tourist re sort.

It is extraordinary to think that it is only 25 years since the Fiji tourist industry got its first real boost through this hotel. It had something quite new then —bure style accom modation, where the visitor felt he was really part of the scenery.