There are no more excuses! Those are the words the General Manager of one of Fiji's leading luxury resorts Jean-Michel Coustaeu resort in Savusavu as many stakeholders remain optimistic of a good year for the tourism industry this year.
Keiren Taylor said those critics who continue to blame the political climate in the country for low visitor arrivals need to move on.
Taylor adds that some of the shortfalls in our infrastructure sometimes allow our visitors to get the true Fiji experience.
Meanwhile, many major hotels and resorts around the country are experiencing promising occupancy rates and expect this to increase heading into the Easter long weekend.
The five star resorts and luxury hotels including the Warwick along the coral coast, Yasawa Island Resort, and the Jean- Michel Coustaeu resort in Savusavu, to name a few confirm that occupancy levels are above 70 percent at the moment.
Several resorts in the outer islands and hotels along the coral coast report occupancy rates between 60 to 65 percent and expect things to pick up next weekend.
However, the hotels in Suva, Lautoka, Rakiraki and our tourist town Nadi report levels between 40 to 48 percent while hotels in Labasa, the Takia, Grand Eastern and Friendly North Inn all report 10 percent and below occupancy rates.
Several hotels said while the next few weeks look positive however, all hotels said advanced forward bookings remain weak and it remained hard to predict when occupancy levels would decrease or increase in the months ahead.
No More Excuses!
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