Papua New Guinea Minister describes tourism sector as a “Sleeping Giant”

THE tourism sector in Papua New Guinea is a ‘sleeping giant’, PNG Tourism Minister, Boka Kondra said.

Mr Kondra went on further to ask the heads of department in his tourism ministry to bring their plans and goals into line to create stability and vision for Papua New Guinea’s tourism industry to grow, the Pacific Islands News Association has reported. “There is misalignment among the sectors in the tourism industry,” Mr Kondra said, urging the department heads to “discuss a way to move forward” with a common goal to bring profitability to the country’s tourism industry.
Mr Kondra said the tourism industry was an economic sector and therefore an integral part of the government’s focus on growing the economy. Admitting to never wanting to be the Tourism Minister, Mr Kondra said he had “come to learn that tourism is a sleeping giant” and, as such, must contribute to the growth of the country, something that that could only be achieved if the entities worked in alignment. “The prime minister has given a clear vision and now I want us to follow that in our tourism industry,” Mr Kondra concluded.
Papua New Guinea has confirmed it will be exhibiting at World Travel Market for the first time this November.

Cultural Festivals in PNG are very rare and colourful thus standing out good for tourism attraction. The photograph is a young woman from Chimbu Province in the PNG Highlands region surrounded by young men dancers at Goroka Show. 

                 The famous Goroka Cultural Show and the world’s best Mt. Hagen Cultural Show are annual events whole year round. For this year 2015, Goroka Cultural Show is set from 11^th to 13^th September coinciding with PNG’s independence celebrations on the 16^th September and Mt. Hagen Cultural Show is set from the 15^th to 16^th August 2015.         To feast your eyes with a rich highlands cultural festival, exotic sightseeing, visit Biayer Zoo for rare animals found in the world and bird watching (Bird of Paradise), contact the PNG Highlands Exotic Tours via email below.

A Raggianna Bird of Paradise is the National Symbol of Papua New Guinea, featured in the National Flag and the National Crest. Found only in Papua New Guinea, ranging from the coastal rainforests to about 1,600metres in many PNG Highlands Valleys. 

To feast your eyes with bird watching including the Bird of Paradise, please contact PNG Highlands Exotic Tours below!

Sightseeing around the PNG Highlands region may include a spectacular view of the Highest Volcanic Summit in the Oceanic region including Australian continent, the Mt. Giluwe. To book a trekking package for Mt. Giluwe trekking, sightseeing of typical highlands village setups near Mt. Hagen and bird watching, contact PNG Highlands Exotic Tours below!  

The weather was a bit cloudy but it’s a fantastic view of Lake Kutubu from far along the road as you travel to Moro, (a township of PNG’s Oil and Gas companies, Oil Search Limited and ExxonMobil Corporation (Esso Highlands Limited are based) . On an island at Lake Kutubu, here you find Tubo Lodge. It’s an idle location for those seeking vacation get away. Fishing in the Lake Kutubu and sightseeing around the wildlife areas of the thick jungles of PNG Highlands is an exotic dream to discover for yourself. 

             Contact PNG Highlands Exotic Tours for your next vacation trip to get away in an island of Lake Kutubu in the PNG Highlands.

A wild cuscus found in and around the forests of Lake Kutubu. A fantastic sightseeing of wildlife in the Kutubu area. This photograph was taken in 2013 at Tamadigi village, Lake Kutubu.  

For PNG Highlands Cultural Festivals, Sightseeing, Bird Watching, Mt. Giluwe trekking, Baiyer Zoo visitation and for a holiday get away at Tubo Lodge at Lake Kutubu, contact PNG Highlands Exotic Tours via email at: howarig4@gmail.com for a fully escorted and in-bound tour guide services!