8 Jun 2023

New Tourism Tonga CEO brings a 'different approach' to the role

From , 6:00 am on 8 June 2023
Tonga

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Tourism in Tonga  has long been one of the pillars of the country's economy, along with agriculture and fishing.

But the new chief executive of the Tonga Tourism agency, Viliame Takau, is taking a different approach to that of his predecessors.

Mr Takau spoke with RNZ Pacific's senior reporter Don Wiseman on how he wants to prioritise tourists arriving by yacht.