26 Feb 2007

American Samoa and Samoa united to market themselves to cruise ship operators

11:35 am on 26 February 2007

American Samoa's government is preparing for another tourism promotional campaign off island early next month.

A delegation from the Department of Commerce. Tourism Office will be heading to Florida to take part in an trade exhibition focusing on cruise ships.

The local delegation hopes to entice more cruise ships to include Pago Pago in their ports of call next year.

A Department of Commerce official says American Samoa and Samoa will jointly market themselves at the Miami exhibition.