The Tourism Authority of Kiribati in Kiritimati Island conducted a tourism product research to identify key activities that a visitor can do while on the island.
Part of the preparation, involved, meeting with a representative from Wildlife & Conservation Unit, Agriculture division and Fisheries division to discuss and identify each individual’s resources that could be highlighted as one of the tourism activities that a visitor can engage or involve in.
An on-site visit to the 7 target proposed tourism sites on the island was carried out on Friday 1st of November 2019. The idea of a site visit was to get familiarized with the area, get good photos and GPS plotting to develop a tourist map of the island.
The seven propose sites includes
- Agriculture plantation land – an opportunity for a visitor to plants his/her own coconut tree
- Artemia Corner – to see turtle’s footprint and nesting ground.
- Joe’s Hill – highlighted as the highest sand hill on the island.
- The Isles lagoon – ideal for Kayaking and bird feeding and bird watching
- Huff Dam – ideal for GT fishing, kayaking, bird feeding and bird watching
- Te Nei Rababa – an opportunity for a visitor to see a unique coconut tree that has 9 trunks
- Long Beach – ideal for a visitor to suntan on a very wide and long white beach and swimming.
