Ten-year plan
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for tourism in Western Samoa
A TEAM of specialists is scheduled to visit Western Samoa this month to prepare a 10-year tourism development plan for the country.
The team, mostly from the Suva based Tourism Council of the South Pacific, will look at the country’s attractions, hold discussions with in dustry and government, collect infor mation and make recommendations about tourism directions and action.
The team will include a tourism economist, a financial analyst, a mar
keting specialist, an environmental
specialist, a social/cultural specialist
and a forcasting specialist.
A draft for the 10-year National Tourism Development Plan is ex pected to be ready by the beginning of August, depending on government response.
The last 10-year tourism develop ment plan was prepared by the United Nations Development Programme and the World Tourism Organisation to cover 1984 to 1993. The new plan will cover 1992 to 2001. □