The country's inaugural Pride Week - Anuanua Week - was full of colourful activities and events exploring the diversity of LGBTQIA+ communities and their rights across the Pacific.
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Cooks Islands tourism figures for 2023 have exceeded the industry's expectations and the national tourist office says "future proofing" the sector needs to be a priority.
Tourism’s contribution to the Cook Islands’ gross domestic product (GDP) for the last quarter of 2023 (October-December) was estimated at 75.4 per cent, according to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Management.