Dear Editor,

I recently visited Tonga and was surprised to find out that our very own 'Tonga Visitors Bureau' and Ministry of Tourism, had taken the lead in misguiding our visitors arriving in our poor Kingdom, with the map displayed out in their front yard.

In case I have missed out something on the attached map, could some of the officials of TVB explain how they had decided to draw the map of Tonga back to front?

Thanks,

Leonaitasi Taukafa

taukafa_l [at] usp [dot] ac [dot] fj

Editor's Note: Thank you Leonaitasi. We, too, were puzzled by the wrong orientation of the map. But when we queried the mirror image with the Tourism CEO Edgar Cocker, he said that it was done deliberately, arguing that if you are standing in front of the map then Hahake is on your left and Hihifo is on your right ...

So if that's the case, is it a pointer or a map? To help visitors with their new orientation to Tonga perhaps the TVB might like to rename their signboard as follows -