Building on the Solomon Islands potential as a new and exciting destination for the international cruise market, the destination will welcome eight separate cruise visits in 2016 – a 100 percent increase on its 2015 cruise schedule result.
Vessels visiting Honiara and cruising within the 992-island archipelago this year include Princess Cruises Lines’ Sea Princess and Dawn Princess, Noble Caledonia’s Caledonia Sky, Silverseas Cruises’ Silver Discoverer, P&O’s Pacific Eden and Seabourn Cruise Lines’ Seabourn Odyssey.
Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau (SIVB) CEO, Josefa ‘Jo’ Tuamoto attributed the increase to the efforts the national tourist office has to gone along with government and local private sector support to turn what he described as a “huge potential into an actual reality.”
THIEVES STEAL VITAL HONIARA HOSPITAL CHEMICAL Submitted by admin on Fri, 01/18/2002 - 00:00
HONIARA, Solomon Islands (January 18, 2002 – Solomon Islands Broadcasting Corporation/Solomon Star/PINA Nius Online) -Honiara s Central Hospital is unable to send human tissue samples overseas for tests because the chemical needed to accomplish this was stolen.
The chemical is a medical alcohol used to process tissues removed from patients at the hospital to determine the kind of sicknesses they have.
The 40 liters donated by sympathizers in Switzerland was taken during a burglary of the Medical Store.
In other developments: The tourism industry is urging the newly elected government to quickly restore law and order in Honiara to encourage more tourists to come into the country.