Peau Vava'u, one of Tonga's two domestic airlines, which due to fire damage to their corporate offices in November 2006 has been grounded, announced today that they will recommence commercial operation on Monday 14 May 2007.
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Friday 16 March 2007
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Suva, Fiji
Visitors to the South Pacific continued to grow in 2006, despite a number of challenges the region faced.
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Monday 12 February 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tongan government will not wait forever for the Peau Vava'u Airways to get its service back on air, according to Viliami Ma'ake, the Acting Secretary and Director of Tonga's Ministry of Civil Aviation.
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Friday 2 February 2007
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's Heilala Festival will still be held in the first week of July but the main event will be on July 12, the birthday of the Crown Prince Tupouto'a Lavaka.
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Wednesday 27 December 2006
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Tofoa, Tonga
As a long term member of Tonga's tourism industry, I believe that recent government changes and initiatives (those, made prior and following 16/11), show that tourism in Tonga has now been realised as an important part in the Kingdom's future and therefore looks more promising than ever!
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Thursday 7 December 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Nuku'alofa tourism operators this afternoon agreed to form a Special Task Force to make plans on how the tourism industry can move forward following the destruction of the Nuku'alofa business centre on November 16.
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Tuesday 5 December 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
German entrepreneurs Franz and Gudrun Strauss, and their family, who signed up the ownership of Nuku'alofa's Seaview Lodge on November 15, had a dramatic first day in their new venture when the Nuku'alofa business district went up in smoke on November 16.
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Friday 24 November 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Peau Vava'u Airways has suspended its domestic air service indefinitely, Tonga's Minister of Transport, Hon. Paul Karalus, told representatives from the Nuku'alofa Tourism Industry this afternoon.
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Tuesday 14 November 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The future date of Tonga's annual King's Birthday Heilala Festival remains uncertain, following the death of the late king, Taufa'ahau Tupou IV.
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Monday 23 October 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Students from the tourism class at Vava'u High School were invited to go aboard the Holland America Cruise ship "Statendam", which called into the Vava'u Group last week.
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Wednesday 6 September 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A Tonga government-owned company, the Tonga Airports Ltd (TAL) will take over the management of all airports in Tonga on January 1, 2007.
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Thursday 17 August 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga will ratify the Pacific Island Air Service Agreement (PIASA) in October, according to Tonga's new Minister for Civil Aviation, Hon. Paul Karalus.
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Friday 11 August 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A terrorist alert in the United States and United Kingdom will now affect passengers boarding flights in Tonga bound for the US, who now come under new restricted hand baggage rules.
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Wednesday 12 July 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Airline Tonga introduced a 50-seater Convair aircraft to its domestic air service on July 3, servicing the Tongatapu-Vava‘u-Ha‘apai route twice daily from Monday to Saturday.
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Tuesday 4 July 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Wearing colourful traditional costumes the 13 contestants for the 2006 Miss Heilala crown appeared in a Tau'olunga dance competition last night, July 3, at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall in the event that is a highlight of the annual pageant.
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Wednesday 28 June 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's 2006 Miss Heilala Pageant began yesterday afternoon June 27 with the inauguration ceremony of 11 Miss Heilala contestants at the Vai Ko Lata Ai Beach, Fua‘amotu. Photos and story by Linny Folau
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Monday 26 June 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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.
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Thursday 22 June 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Four new entrants in the 2006 Miss Heilala Pagant bring the number of contestants to 10, but registration is still open. The new entrants include one from New Zealand, two from Australia, and one from the USA.
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Tuesday 13 June 2006
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Six contestants have registered so far for this year's Miss Heilala Pageant to be held in Nuku'alofa from July 1-7.
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Tuesday 13 June 2006
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Neiafu,Tonga
When the Paradise International Hotel in Vava'u put out the call to the island's youth to form an authentic Tongan song and dance group, 10 boys, six girls, and three musicians responded. For the last six weeks the youth, known as the Paradise International Hotel Cultural Group, practiced two hours a day, five days a week culminating in their first public performance this past week.
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