The Zuiderdam cruise ship arrived Nuku'alofa for an overnight visit on 27 October bringing over 2000 passengers and crew.
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Friday 28 October 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Tuesday 16 June 2020
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s Ministry of Tourism has confirmed today that government is planning for the first repatriation flight of 50 Tongans “after next week as a start” and that the first passengers will arrive “in three weeks from last Friday, if everything is going as planned”.
Tuesday 2 June 2020
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Statistics show a major decrease in international visitors to Tonga between January to March, in comparison to 2019, as CoViD-19 started to spread worldwide and in the months before Tonga closed its border.
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Thursday 1 August 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga’s multi-million pa'anga whale watching and swimming tourist attraction is challenged by the findings of a new study by the Auckland University of Technology.
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Thursday 25 July 2019
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Auckland, New Zealand
The idea of the ‘One Pacific Destination’ concept is being accepted after Pacific countries, including Tonga, attended the first-ever Pacific Exposition 2019, held in Auckland, New Zealand on 11-14 July.
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Thursday 11 July 2019
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Geneva, Switzerland
Tourism’s potential to play a key role in job creation and economic growth globally while also contributing to the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Agenda, was recognized at an event organized by the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) in Geneva, Switzerland.
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Tuesday 2 July 2019
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Real Tonga is expanding its international services, which will include flights between Tonga and Fiji to be launched on Monday 29 July.
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Wednesday 13 June 2018
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Suva, Fiji
Tonga as a tourist destination is attracting only a small share of travellers compared to leading Pacific destinations, which saw large increases in visitors in 2017, according to the South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) report released last week.
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Thursday 1 March 2018
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
First prize has been awarded jointly to Tonga, Samoa and Fiji Airways for the Best of Show/Best New International Exhibitor at the 2018 LA Travel & Adventure Show on 24 February in Los Angeles, USA.
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Wednesday 18 January 2017
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Sea Princess was the first cruise ship to visit Tonga out of a total of 21 cruise ships expected this year.
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Thursday 1 December 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongan Olympian Pita Taufatofua - as an occasional ukulele player - appears on the cover of the new issue of the "Discover Tonga - Tongatapu & Nuku'alofa Maps" published in Nuku'alofa today.
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Wednesday 14 September 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Neiafu bowsers have run out of petrol again today, forcing the Vava’u tourist industry into crisis control at the height of the tourist season, and crippling the local economy. Vava’u has not seen a fuel barge arrive in nearly a month and only a trickle of petrol is getting through. Dozens of vehicles remained queued at an empty petrol station in Neiafu this afternoon, waiting in hope for a whiff of fuel.
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Friday 19 February 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga will have the opportunity to market its culture, products and tourism when it takes part in the International Specialized Exhibition EXPO 2017 in Kazakhstan, one of the largest international Expo to date.
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Thursday 21 January 2016
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga Tourism Recognition and Appreciation Awards were handed out today, Thursday 21 January, to recognise businesses and individuals who have made outstanding contributions towards the development of the tourism sector in Tonga. Photos by Linny Folau.
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Thursday 15 October 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Pacific Pearl visited Nuku’alofa today Wednesday, 15 October for its second visit this year with more than 2000 people on board.
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Tuesday 25 August 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga has been included in the first destinations to be analyzed with the potential to become Whale Heritage Sites.
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Friday 24 April 2015
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
HM Queen Nanasipau’u awarded cash prizes to winners in round two of a Tourism Village Clean Up Competition in Nuku’alofa on Friday, 24 April.
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Thursday 30 October 2014
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The newly renovated Tonga Visitor Information Centre was opened for viewing today and visited by regional delegates in the Kingdom for the South Pacific Tourism of Organisation Council of Ministers meeting.
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Friday 27 June 2014
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Auckland, New Zealand
The New Zealand Tonga Business Council will hold its first trade and investment forum on the afternoon of Friday 11 July to talk about two-way trade activity between New Zealand and Tonga in key sectors.
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Friday 20 June 2014
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Nuku‘alofa, Tonga
Tonga's domestic airline, Real Tonga, has leased a Convair aircraft from Air Chatham, to provide additional capacity for the services to Vava‘u during a current period of high demand for seats.
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Tonga weather forecast from yr.no, delivered by the Norwegian Meteorological Institute and the NRK. See also Fua'amotu Weather Forecasting Center, Tonga, for latest local weather bulletin.