We are hoping that the 2010 National Budget is Pro-Business.
Those were the words of Fiji Employers Federation (FEF) Board Member and Fiji Hoteliers Association President, Dixon Seeto who said the budget to be announced next Friday should have a lot of focus on growing the economy.
Seeto said they are hoping there are a lot more incentives in next year's budget to draw tourists to Fiji.
According to the latest figures from the Bureau of Statistics, Fiji's gross earnings from tourism for Quarter 1, 2009 is provisionally estimated at $167.6 million, a decrease of $25.4 million (or 13.2 percent) from Quarter 1 last year.
The Bureau said the decrease is largely due to the 242,922 or 18.7 percent decrease in visitor days.
Latest figures from Tourism Fiji showed that visitor arrivals for the first seven months of 2009, was recorded at 280,530, a 15% decrease from last year.
The second quarter earnings from the Bureau are yet to be released.
The 2010 National Budget will be announced next Friday.
Pro-Business Budget hoped for
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