The Tourism Authority of Kiribati (TAK) carried out its first official visit to the new Australia High Commissioner to Kiribati, His Excellency Mr. David Yardley on Tuesday, 20 April 2021.
Led by TAK CEO, Petero Manufolau, TAK took the opportunity to brief High Commissioner Yardley on the organization and its work as guided by the TAK Strategic Plan and its Kiribati National Tourism Development Framework 2020 – 2022.
Areas discussed included TAK’s work on the Kiribati Sustainable Tourism Policy framework, tourism investment opportunities, training and capacity building and the Kiribati Tourism Reset program including the Kiribati Tourism & Hospitality Protocols for the New Normal.
As a key source market for business and leisure & adventure travel to Kiribati, TAK also expressed that Australian destinations like Far North Queensland are the ideal catalyst for sustainable tourism which Kiribati can benchmark against.
In concluding their visit, TAK acknowledged with appreciation Australia’s support for programs that will inherently benefit Kiribati tourism in the long term such as their support local training institutions, the labour mobility program and the Australia Volunteers International (AVI) network.
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