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Airfare special 'no big deal’

idays to the islands.

The unfortunate result of this is that tourists get ripped off through the exorbitant prices charged by the oper ators of the island resorts and ordinary Fijians receive little of the tourists’ money.

If the airfare discount were to apply to all tourists going to Fiji then the money would be more evenly spread throughout the community.

Another unfortunate side effect is that foreigners see little of the real Fiji encaserated as they are in the “plastic”

WE recently returned to Australia after a short holiday in Fiji. Whilst we enjoyed our first visit to your country we must say that we were disappointed in one respect.

I refer to the fact that the discount airfare (Air Pacific’s 40th birthday cel ebration offer of $499 for Australia/Fiji return) applies only to “package” hoi

world created by the island operators.

I have sent a copy of this letter to the (Fiji) Minister for Tourism in the hope that something may be done to improve this situation.

Cliff Reece

Arncliffe, NSW Australia

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objective and professional journalism.

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Robert Churney

American Samoa

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