Popular destinations like French Polynesia and the Cook Islands have both noticed a drop in visitor numbers from Europe and North America.
South Pacific.travel, is the mandated inter-governmental organization for the tourism sector in the South Pacific. Its chief executive, Tony Everitt, said visitors from Europe, the United States, and Japan, which are the three key long haul markets, has certainly been quite soft.
“And we have actually seen airlines respond to that the last few months in terms of cutting back some of these services in that area.”
But Everitt told Radio New Zealand International that Pacific countries remain vigilant and continue to promote in the United States and in Europe as important markets.
