Kulang pledges to incorporate discussions into tourism initiatives

Minister for Arts, Culture and Tourism, Tobias Kulang, says he will ensure the discussions emanating from the 49th Tourism Working Group meeting will be used to formulate into PNG’s tourism promotion initiatives.

“I will make sure we will go through the record of discussions amongst the delegates from the APEC member economies that have a lot of experiences in the tourism sector, and we adopt some of their comments and discussions to improve our tourism market and destination.”

Kulang was speaking at the opening of the 49th Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation-APEC Tourism Working Group Meeting yesterday in Kokopo, East New Britain.

“We will work closely with the Tourism Promotion Authority, including our provincial tourism bureaus, to learn from some of the discussions coming out of the meeting.”

Minister Kulang praised the work the East New Britain Provincial Administration has done, under the leadership of Governor Eremas ToBaining Jnr, to host the meeting.

“I am very impressed with the work and effort put in by the organisers in the East New Britain Provincial Administration to host an APEC meeting.

“This is a further confidence boost to us, especially for Kokopo, as it is one of the forerunners in tourism destination development in the country, and for Kokopo to host this meeting is an added bonus to the growth of tourism in the province.

“I, as the Minister responsible for Tourism in the country, am very excited and happy that one of our cities outside of Port Moresby has gained the recognition to host an APEC meeting.

“On behalf of the Government of Papua New Guinea, I thank the East New Britain Provincial Administration for hosting our APEC delegates and the meeting.”

Delegates and officials from the APEC member economies are in Kokopo to discuss issues focused on fostering economic development in the APEC region.

They hope to nurture development through sustainable tourism, inclusive growth, developing the tourism workforce, travel facilitation, trade and investment liberalisation and advancing tourism numbers within the APEC region.

The meet ends on Friday.

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