Tonga's Minister for Tourism, Hon. Cecil Cocker, and the Chinese Ambassador to Tonga HE Mr Gao Shanhai, signed a Memorandum of Understanding this morning, April 13, allowing Chinese Tour Operators to bring Chinese tourists to Tonga. 2005-04-13 17:47:00 +1300
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Wednesday 13 April 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Monday 21 March 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Air Pacific this week will cut back its service to Tonga to twice instead of three times a week, terminating its Saturday service, and flying to Tonga only on Tuesday and Thursday, following a clash with Tonga's civil aviation authorities.
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Friday 11 March 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga will feature prominently at the Pacific Pavilion, at the Expo 2005, Aichi, Japan, according to Tonga's Director of Tourism, Va‘inga Palu.
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Monday 28 February 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga is preparing to host the Miss South Pacific Pageant at the end of October 2005.
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Saturday 26 February 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tongas 25th Heilala Festival will be held from July 1-8, this year, with seven overseas contestants joining local girls in the annual Miss Heilala Pageant.
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Thursday 3 February 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Crystal Serenity was the second cruise ship to visit Nuku'alofa this year, arriving early on February 2 from Rarotonga for a one day visit before leaving for New Zealand.
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Tuesday 1 February 2005
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Air New Zealand service between Tonga's Fua'amotu International Airport, and Auckland this morning was disrupted because of power stoppage to some parts of eastern Tongatapu, including the Fua'amotu International Airport terminal .
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Thursday 16 December 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Two yacht charter companies in Vava'u, Sunsail and The Moorings are to merge and form the largest yacht charter fleet inTonga, to be called "The Moorings Tonga."
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Wednesday 8 December 2004
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‘Atata Island, Tonga
The Royal Sunset Island Resort has new owners, after a group of Italian investors purchased the 19 year old icon of the Tonga tourism industry recently.
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Wednesday 8 December 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The AUD$5 million Tonga Tourism Development Project ended in November after six and a half years of Australian funding. The project, which started in 1997, was administered in Tonga by Geoff Mort and Jennuy Calkin of the Calkin and Simpson Tourism Group.
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Friday 5 November 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Polynesian Airlines's new service, connecting 'Apia and Pago Pago to Vava‘u landed at the Lupepau‘u Airport, Vava'u, this morning, November 5, beginning a twice weekly Dash 8 air service between the two Samoas and Vava'u.
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Tuesday 2 November 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Black Pearl Suites holiday accommodation was officially opened by the Princess Regent, Princess Pilolevu, on November 1 at Sopu 'o Taufa, toward the western end of the Nuku'alofa waterfront.
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Monday 25 October 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A joint venture between Polynesian Airlines and the Peau Vava'u Airways, to provide a connecting service between Tonga and Samoa, through Vava'u, is in the pipeline.
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Tuesday 19 October 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Twelve owners of Tongan tourism businesses have been selected to participate in the Partnership Meeting for the tourism industry in the Pacific to be held in Fiji in February 2005.
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Wednesday 29 September 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Peau Vava‘u Airwaves confirmed today that it will not bring in a 10 seater Islander aircraft for its outer island services. It plans instead to bring in a third DC3 aircraft that will arrive in November.
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Friday 27 August 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
At the moment there is no air service to either of the two Niuas or to ‘Eua and the Peau Vava‘u DC3 and the FlyNiu Airline DASH8 can land on the air strips on the islands.
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Friday 6 August 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
When the Ministry of Civil Aviation announced on Tuesday, August 3, that by August 15 only one airline will be operating Tonga's domestic air service, it sparked off another national economic and political turmoil.- by Pesi Fonua
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Saturday 10 July 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A nineteen year old local beauty, Telesia Kaitapu was crowned Miss Heilala 2004-5 last night, by the Hon. Fane Tupou Vava'u Tuita at the Queen Salote Memorial Hall, Nuku'alofa.
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Wednesday 16 June 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The DASH8 aircraft of the FlyNiu Airline took off at mid-day today on its maiden flight to Vava‘u from Tongatapu.
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Friday 11 June 2004
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga tourism operators have lost over $1.2 million pa'anga worth of bookings since the Royal Tongan Airlines services collapsed on May 17 and a further $2.3 million worth of bookings is still at risk.
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