Bula Commodore Bainimarama!

[pupdiver]

Tourism is going to get hit hard by this and if anything you should be supporting the dive industry and contributing a little extra in an effort to help operators stay afloat (pun intended) over the coming months rather than paying them less than they deserve just because they are desparate for anything that will help cash flow.

Sorry, but you did suggest he pay extra 'per se'. You may have intended differently, but I can only go by what is written. Also, from what you wrote, it appears your concern is not so much for the staff but for the owners' cash flow.

 

[MuscleBob.Buffpants]

Tourism in Fiji is going to get hit hard by this. It will only be the tip of the iceberg. If the UN, US, Australia and NZ cut aid to Fiji it is really going to hurt. But how else do you remove a tinpot dictator with a very large, combat hardened army and very little support for his removal from the populance (i.e. no "people power" style demonstrations in Fiji)?

 

[rickydazla]

Sorry, but you did suggest he pay extra 'per se'. You may have intended differently, but I can only go by what is written. Also, from what you wrote, it appears your concern is not so much for the staff but for the owners' cash flow.

Ultimately, without an operator there is no staff. No cash flow, no wages. My concern is for both the operators themselves and the staff, particularly the local staff.

 

[Piscean]

Surely everyone should just decide for themselves how much they pay. If you want to pay extra then just pay extra, if you don't, then don't.

 

[almitywife]

Ultimately, without an operator there is no staff. No cash flow, no wages. My concern is for both the operators themselves and the staff, particularly the local staff.

there will always be a ex-pat somewhere with a dream of island life and to make a buck

the island wont just die away... even in png & the solomons where there is destruction and bloodshed, peoople are still travelling there because the resorts are there, waiting for tourist and priced accordingly

market price... if Fiji wants the tourism then they need to price it accordingly and quit egos running the goverment and military so stability is reached

happy travelling everyone

 

[CCreature]

I just came back from Fiji where I stayed during the coup. It was nothing for us tourists. You wouldn't even know what was happening unless you drove to Suva. There are some military checkpoints into Suva but they just waive and yell Bula as you drive by to your most incredible vacation destination. Fiji is the best. Coup or no Coup.