- Umphathi wezoKhenketho kwiSolomons, uJoseph 'Jo' Tuamoto osweleke eSuva, eFiji, ngoLwesibini, nge-21 kaSeptemba.
- Umnumzana Tuamoto ebesandula ukubuyela eFiji ukuba asondele kusapho ngelixa ebesachacha emva kokugula.
- Enye yezona mpumelelo ziphezulu zikaMnu Tuamoto zafika ngo-2018 xa wayephembelela inyathelo lokuphinda abuyisele iZiko leeNdwendwe laseSolomon Islands kwiKhenketho iSolomons.
Umzi mveliso osondeleleneyo wezokhenketho eSolomon Islands uselusizini kulandela ukusweleka kweCEO yezoKhenketho kwiiSolomons, uJoseph 'Jo' Tuamoto osweleke eSuva, eFiji, ngoLwesibini we-21 Septemba.
Umnumzana Tuamoto ebesandula ukubuyela eFiji ukuba asondele kusapho ngelixa ebesachacha emva kokugula.
Ebhengeza ezi ndaba zilusizi, Usihlalo webhodi yezoKhenketho iSolomons, uChris Hapa uthe iqela lesizwe labakhenkethi lonakele kukusweleka kwesithandwa sabo 'uBoso' obekwisikhundla se-CEO ukusukela oko wajoyina i-Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau kwi-2013.
"Alithandabuzeki elokuba uJo ubenefuthe elikhulu kwishishini lezokhenketho laseSolomon Islands ngexesha lakhe apha," utshilo uMnu Hapa.
“Sibe nethamsanqa xa wamkela isicelo sokusijoyina ngo-2013, igama lakhe kwezokhenketho lommandla, ngakumbi igalelo alifumeneyo kwicandelo lezokhenketho laseFiji kwihlabathi liphela ngelixa i-CEO yezoKhenketho iFiji, ngaphezulu yena.
“UJo ushiya ilifa elikhulu. Ngexesha lakhe nathi, sibone icandelo lezokhenketho laseSolomon Islands likhula ngokucacileyo.
“Ezokhenketho namhlanje zinegalelo elikhulu kuqoqosho lwesizwe, kwixesha lobhubhane laphambi kwe-COVID-19 sabona ukwanda kotyelelo kumazwe ngamazwe ngokusondela kwiipesenti ezilishumi ngonyaka nokhokelo lukaJo ekudalweni kwentengiso eqhubekayo yamanye amazwe. Iphulo lilibonile ilizwe lethu elincinci ngoku linakanwa njengomdlali ophambili kwinqanaba lokhenketho lommandla.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- “Tourism today is a major contributor to the national economy, in the pre-COVID-19 pandemic period we saw international visitation increase by close on 10 per cent on a year-on-year basis and Jo's guidance in the creation of ongoing international marketing campaigns has seen our tiny country now recognized as a major player on the regional tourism stage.
- In 2013, his reputation on the regional tourism scene, and particularly the impact he achieved for the Fiji tourism sector on a world-wide basis while CEO of Tourism Fiji, more than preceded him.
- The close-knit Solomon Islands tourism industry is in mourning following the death of Tourism Solomons CEO, Josefa ‘Jo' Tuamoto who passed away in Suva, Fiji, on Tuesday, September 21.
