TTA welcomes new ministers [1]
Monday, June 26, 2006 - 19:20. Updated on Monday, October 6, 2014 - 12:14.
The Secretary and the executives of the Tonga Tourist Association TTA, believe that the recent appointment of two separate ministers, for Tourism and Transport is the beginning of a new phase for the development of the Tourism Industry in Tonga.
Kololiana Naufahu, the secretary of TTA, said in a press conference on June 22 that the appointment of Fineasi Funaki as the full-time Minister of Tourism, and Paul Karalus as the first Minister of Transport set the foundation for further development of the industry, which is Tonga's fourth foreign currency earner.
The existing problems with littering, the lack of maintenance of historical sites and public places, and the problem with the domestic air service, were raised but the executives of TTA were optimistic that with the two new ministers there would be a change for the better.