"Nature Base Tourism A Solution" : S.T.A C.E.O
Nature based tourism launched.
Photo: Eyespyradio 87.5 FM / Anetone Sagaga
CEO for Samoa Tourism Authority , Pativaine Petaia-Tevita has revealed that nature based tourism will be one of the many aspects the tourism industry will focus on.
When asked what her take was on nature-based tourism , the CEO stated that they are excited to collaborate with organisation like Samoa Conservation Society in trailing new hidden gems across the island.
"Being more involved and working closely is one of our solutions to solving some of the difficulties we are facing" the CEO stated.
"We are looking to identify potential sites or hidden gems that we have never discovered that could be part of our development in the near future " she added.
President of the Samoa Conservation Society , James Atherton in an interview with EyeSpy Radio stated that they have launched a booklet in collaboration with STA called the "Hiking Samoa Vol 1"
The book which has 83pages and was written by Ned Brown , Charmina Saili , James Atherton and Pepe Leota obtains historical values and security based content when out in nature.
"Passion for environment"stated SCS President, he believed that working with communities , scaling out unknown trails with the assitance of a tour guide would be a great leap of heading towards tourism development.
"Samoa Tourism can assist us through these projects and building the capacities of nature based tourism" he stated.
Available at SSAB or Samoa Conservation Society , also available as an e-book online for those who use phone devices and technology.
On Tuesday this week the Samoa Tourism Authority has concluded it final meet up with Industrial members from both Upolu and Savaii. The purpose of these conferences was to obtain opinions , suggestions and development ideas provided by different intiatives in the sector to seek perspective for the STA for improvements.
"The hope is to come up with solutions and ideas to solve these situations that we've faced during pre-covid" stated the CEO.