World Bank: Runway OK! And here’s $59 million to make it better!
Post by Richard Butler, Co-Editor | 21 April 2016 | A representative of the world bank has given the repairs to the Port Vila airport runway the OK for safety. He advises that the $59 million loan will require intense work within a 12 month period to design and put...
Malekula Island flagged for progress
Staff writer Adrian Hunter | 21st April 2016 | On a visit to Lakatoro, Malekula Island, Prime Minister Charlot Salwai reiterated government’s responsibility to support the residents of the island by providing road, shipping, telecoms and aviation services to enable...
Meet the Vanuatu duo taking on the world
Post by Richard Butler, Co-Editor | 20 April 2016 Every four years there’s an Olympic story which captures the heart of the world and this summer Miller Pata and Linline Matauatu are dreaming that it’s them making waves on the Copacabana. Four years ago the smiley...
Could Vanuatu Be the Best Value Choice For a Second Passport?
Post by Richard Butler, Co-Editor | 20 April 2016 The prestigious online news service "Huffington Post" has come out with an article highlighting the value of a Vanuatu passport. In an article entitled "Could Vanuatu Be the Best Value Choice For a Second Passport?"...
Vanuatu tourism launching major marketing push
Post by Richard Butler, Co-Editor | 18 April 2016 Vanuatu Tourism Office will be launching a major marketing push in New Zealand and Australia to coincide with today's completion of emergency repairs to the country's international airport....
VTO Ramps Up Promotion of Vanuatu Tourism
By staff writer Adrian Hunter The Vanuatu Tourism Office (VTO) has released a new video that is designed to attract the interest of potential tourist visitors to Vanuatu. It will be used to reawaken the Australian and New Zealand market to the wonders of this...
Runway Repairs Almost Complete
Travel Weekly, Destinations | April 08 2016 VANUATU’S BAUERFIELD INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT’S REPAIRS ARE 95% COMPLETE, WITH THE FINAL WORKS FOR PHASE ONE SCHEDULED TO BE FINISHED IN THE COMING WEEKS After slight delays with the shipping of materials from Fiji, the...
Land Diving, Pentecost Island, Vanuatu
The Straits Times | March 27, 2016 Every year, the Sa tribe on Pentecost Island in Vanuatu spend five weeks building a 30m-tall tower out of vines and jungle wood. Then, every Saturday between April and June, the men of the tribe jump off the top - one by one - in a...
Vanuatu P.M. wants direct flights from China
Vanuatu Daily Post | Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Prime Minister Charlot Salwai wants to see direct flights from China and Chinese tourists coming to Vanuatu. Prime minister Salwai conveyed this to the Deputy Minister of the International Department of the Communist...
Caretaker PM visits Convention Centre
By Glenda Willie | Vanuatu Daily Post - February 10, 2016 Caretaker Prime Minister, Sato Kilman and the Director General of the PM’s Office, Johnson Naviti, paid a visit to the Convention Centre yesterday morning on the invitation from the Chinese...
Russian Star found on the bottom of Port Vila harbour in 35 metres.
Source: Michael McFadyen's Scuba Diving Website Unbelievable history of the Star of Russia lying silent on the seabed of Port Vila harbour - just one of many Vanuatu wreck dive sites waiting for international divers to explore. The Star was large vessel, almost 83...
First Power Purchase agreement signed
Vanuatu Daily Post January 15, 2016 Tuesday this week witnessed a major development in the country’s energy sector as authorities put pens to paper to formalize a power purchasing agreement for the first Grid Connected Solar System in Port Vila. This project refers to...
Scuba Operators Association President holds great future for tourism in Vanuatu
Vanuatu Daily Post Jan 12th 2016 The President of Vanuatu Scuba Operators Association (VSOA), Mike Crawford, says Vanuatu has the potential to be the best tourist related country in the whole South Pacific. Crawford gave his view while discussing the future of scuba...
New Boeing 737 to be smarter, more efficient: Air Vanuatu
Vanuatu Daily Post December 25, 2015 Air Vanuatu’s new Boeing NGB737-800 will deliver superior reliability, fuel efficiency with lower maintenance and operating costs and offer an improved passenger service. “These high value returns are required in today’s...
New and longest wharf in Vanuatu is ahead of time on Santo island Shanghai construction advises
By Len Garae | Source Daily Post Group took 80 days to complete the piling on the Luganville Wharf Project on November 12, one month ahead of schedule. The company’s Marketing Manager, Wayne Huang says the piling comprised of 175 steel pipes of one metre in diameter...
Sport: Rio on the mind for Vanuatu volleyballers
By RadioNZ The Vanuatu Beach Volleyball duo of Miller Pata and Linline Matauatu have finished competition for the year but are already thinking about how to seal Olympic qualification. The pair are ranked 19th in the world and need to get inside the top-16 by June to...
Vanuatu welcomes tourists back 200 days after Cyclone Pam
BY ANNA FRANCES PEARSON Source: Stuff.co.nz It's early evening in Port Vila, Vanuatu, as Frank Aru, a round-faced man with straight white teeth, farewells a dozen tourists outside Mangoes Resort with the same singsong voice and sweaty-templed enthusiasm he'd started...
Why Vanuatu is a must-visit for every foodie
By Annie Dang, Travel writer, Source: Dailylife.com.au Vanuatu's largest city and capital may be known for its beautiful deserted beaches, waterfall abseiling and cultural villages, but what about food? Port Vila's growing culinary scene is made up of a mix of Asian,...
A taste of Turkey for Vanuatu chefs
(Source: Vanuatu Tourism Industry News 01 October 2015) On Wednesday 30th September, a delegation of Government Ministries and Departments in Tourism, including the Department of Tourism (DOT), Vanuatu Tourism Office (VTO), Ministry of Education, Vanuatu Investment...
Vanuatu bounces forward
This article was compiled from recent issues of Vanuatu Daily Post, and we also thank them for many of the images used. Five months ago, a devastating cyclone ripped through the southern half of the Happiest country in the world. However, the people of this nation...
One hundred new citizens receive their citizenship certificate
By Jonas Cullwick | Daily Post One hundred new citizens of Vanuatu were awarded their citizenship certificates in a ceremony at Au Fare restaurant at Melcoffee in Port Vila Thursday. All of them recently received their citizenship after the Government’s Citizenship...
What to Do in Vanuatu: A Day Trip Primer.
Source: Thyblackman Vanuatu is one of the most popular island destinations for Australians in search of a relaxing holiday. If you’ve already planned your visit, or you’re thinking of heading here at some point, you may be wondering what to see and do during your...
Japan gives millions for Vanuatu port development
Source: Radio New Zealand Japan has committed $36 million dollars for a multi purpose wharf being built in the Vanuatu capital, Port Vila. This latest funding comes on top of $US54 million already granted for the project. The Japanese Ambassador, Takuji...
New Vanuatu Feature Film – “Tanna”
Source:Sydney Morning Herald Tribal film ... Dain and Wawa in Tanna which depicts a controversial relationship For seven months last year, Australian filmmaker Bentley Dean and his family lived with one of the South Pacific's last traditional tribes. With regular...
What’s new in Vanuatu: Flight Centre Expecting Post-Cycle Tourism Boost
Source: Flight Centre A cyclone may have struck a few months ago, but a boost to tourism is well and truly back on the agenda in Vanuatu. Head of Flight Centre Australia Tom Walley says now is a great time to head to Vanuatu with all but five of its contracted hotels...
Rising Superstar: Ronaldo finding his feet
Source: August 3, 2015 Daily Post, Compiled by Raymond Nasse This young football star trained at the soccer academy behind Pacific Haven Resort The Phoenix Academy would like to welcome Vanuatu young superstar, Ronaldo Wilkins to Wellington, New Zealand....
Air Lease Corporation places new Boeing 737-800 with Air Vanuatu
LOS ANGELES, CA - Air Lease Corporation announced a long term lease agreement with Air Vanuatu, an international airline based in Port Vila, Vanuatu, for one new Boeing 737-800. The aircraft is from ALC’s order book with Boeing and will deliver in January 2016. “ALC...
Pacific tourism to nearly double to US$4 billion by 2019
By Thompson Marango, Nadi Fiji Tourism in the Pacific Island countries grew about 3.5 per cent per year between 2008 and 2012. The total value of Pacific tourism is forecast to nearly double to US$4 billion by 2019. The above statement is taken from a joint press...
More local contents on hotel plates, more income and employment
Posted: Thursday, July 2, 2015 12:00 am Vanuatu Daily Post, Thompson Marango, Nadi Fiji “More local content on plates and more local agrifood products on offer for visitors, tourists and the hotel industry means more income and employment opportunities for our...
NZ announces Cyclone Pam tourism recovery package
Posted: Thursday, July 2, 2015 12:00 am The New Zealand’s Foreign Minister, Murray McCully, has announced a $26 million package, aimed at helping the tourism sector in Vanuatu recover following Cyclone Pam. “Tourism accounts for 20 per cent of the Vanuatu economy and...
Linking Agriculture to Tourism
Posted: Thursday, July 2, 2015 12:00 am By Thompson Marango, Nadi, Fiji Agriculture and Tourism are two of Vanuatu’s biggest sectors but the whole new concept of Agritourism is almost non-existent. While regional and international partner organisations are pushing...
