The Tourism Authority of Kiribati joined the Ministry of Tourism, Commerce, Industry and Cooperatives and its SOEs to do consultations on its newly approved Kiribati business regulations and services offered to the communities of Tabiteuea South from 8-10th July 2024.
The highlight of the consultations was to feature three new regulations that will take effect from January 2025. These include the Price Control from the Business Regulation Centre, the Business Registrations from Kiribati Chamber of Commerce and Industry’s (KCCI) and the Tourism Business Licenses from TAK. Also included as part of the team consultations was the Kiribati Copra Development Limited (KCDL) and Business Promotion Division which also presented their services for businesses.
This was the first time that the divisions and SOEs of MTCIC combined their consultation and awareness efforts and drew in the same target audience. The session provided a wonderful avenue to raise public awareness as well as answer any queries or clarifications from the stakeholders which included the Tabiteuea South Island Council, Uea Ni Kai representatives; business groups women and religious groups that were present during the consultations.
TAK took the opportunity to present on the processes involved in the new licensing rollout as well as showcase promotional videos from tourism ready outer islands to gauge interest from stakeholders who wish to establish their community- based tourism operations on Tabiteuea South.