Fiji’s Deputy Prime Minister Viliame Gavoka’s busy schedule last week included a brief meeting with Indian actress, Rakul Preet Singh and her new husband, film producer Jackky Bhagnani.
The couple were in Fiji for their honeymoon, an occasion that Gavoka hopes will inspire other Indian visitors to Fiji’s shores.
Today he told media at the Fiji Tourism Exchange (FTE) that India is amongst emerging source markets that Fiji is keen to tap into.
“Right now the [air] connection is through Singapore, and we want to strengthen the India-Singapore sector to help with the Singapore-Fiji leg,” Gavoka noted.
“We are renewing the code share with Air India and Fiji Airways and that we believe will help, given Air India’s presence in the Indian market.”
Tourism Fiji CEO, Brent Hill noted that Australia’s tourism industry has been prioritising marketing to Indian consumers and the Indian market.
“They think that the Indian story can replicate the Chinese story that happened over…