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Increasing the number of tourists from China is one of the key areas of development cooperation for Fiji and China. Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama says the significant increase of Chinese tourists to Fiji is already paying off and he expects

?Visit or ?s num bers increasing 11 fold f rom 4087 in 2009 t o 49 083 in 2016, I look forward t o seeing t hose num bers cl im b in t he years ahead.?

Chinese Ambassador to Fiji, Qian Bo believes the numbers can increase significantly if certain measures are put in place.

?And one of t he m ajor , I would not say obst acle but t he issue we need t o ser iously consider is t he direct f l ight bet ween China and Fij i .?

The Ambassador adds that security is also another key factor they want to ensure. 160 million Chinese nationals traversed the globe last year, making China a hotly contested tourism source mark

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Fiji Airways? first A350 XWB has rolled out of the Airbus paint shop in Toulouse featuring the airline?s signature livery. The aircraft, an A350-900, will be the first of its kind operated by an airline in the Pacific region.

The aircraft will now proceed to the final phase of the assembly process, with the installation of engines followed by ground and flight tests, before delivery to Fiji Airways later this year.

The Airbus A350 will feature 33 Collins Aerospace Super Diamond, fully lie-flat Business Class beds, with each offering direct aisle access. While Economy Class will feature 301 Recaro CL3710 seats, which are ranked among the most comfortable long-haul economy class seats on the market. The aircraft will be deployed to enhance existing long haul services from Fiji to Australia and the US, and to provide the opportunity to open additional routes.

The A350 XWB is the world?s most modern and eco-efficient aircraft family shaping the future of air travel. It is the long-range leader in the large widebody market (300 to 400+ seats). The A350 XWB offers unrivalled operational flexibility and

efficiency for all market segments up to ultra-long haul (15,000 km).

The A350 XWB is an all new family of mid-size wide-body long-haul airliners shaping the future of air travel. The A350 XWB the latest aerodynamic design, carbon fiber fuselage and wings, plus new fuel-efficient Rolls-Royce engines. Together, these latest technologies translate into unrivalled levels of operational efficiency, with a 25 per cent reduction in fuel consumption and emissions, and significantly lower maintenance costs.

The aircraft marks one of two new A350 XWB which will complement Fiji Airways? existing widebody fleet of six Airbus A330s, with the second delivery set for December this year.

There are 257 Airbus A350s in the skies around the world today, flown by 24 operators. These include Fiji Airways? partner oneworld airlines: Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Malaysia Airlines and Qatar Airways. Other A350 operators include Hong Kong Airlines, Lufthansa and Singapore Airlines.

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Sout h Pacif ic?s First Acoust ic Mant a Tagging Project

Kokomo Private Island, Fiji?s most exclusive private island resort has partnered with the world?s leading manta ray research and conservation charities to launch the South Pacific Acoustic Manta Tagging Project.

Expanding the resort?s commitment to sustainability, the program works to estimate the size and movement of Fiji?s manta population, raising awareness of their conservation needs and the benefits of sustainable tourism.

Developed in conjunction with the UK-based Manta Trust and Manta Project Fiji, the tagging project ? the first of its kind in the South Pacific ? is led by marine biologist and dive master Luke Gordon who has spent over five years working in Fiji on various conservation topics.

Working alongside Gordon on this initiative is Kokomo?s resident Marine Biologist, Cliona O?Flaherty who has implemented

interactive practices on island in order to educate guests firsthand on the importance of conservation. Cliona most recently won the ?Sust ainable Pract ices Cham pion? Award at the Women in Travel Awards.

Blessed with pristine, crystal-clear water and fringed by the Great Astrolabe Reef ? the fourth largest on the planet and world-famous for its diving, snorkeling and abundant marine life ? Kokomo?s stunning white sand beaches are the perfect base to study the species.

Graceful, intelligent and curious, manta rays are familiar to resort guests throughout the year, with snorkelling encounters peaking in the period from April ? September. Both species of manta ray are present in Kokomo?s idyllic waters, although each has been listed as vulnerable worldwide by the International

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?The manta ray population here has had very litt le contact with humans which makes these gentle giants some of the most curious and playful mantas,? says Project Leader, Luke Gordon.

?The feeding aggregations [around Kokomo] are currently seen nowhere else in Fiji; being in the middle of a cyclone of 40-plus huge manta rays is an experience you will never forget.?

Since 2017 Kokomo and the Manta Trust has helped increase the size of the Fiji database by more than 60% and beginning in August 2019, the South Pacific Acoustic Manta Tagging Project aims to tag 18 animals in its first season, with a network of 11 receivers placed around the island to record their movements.

As well as the incredible opportunity to swim among the ocean?s most majestic

creatures, Kokomo and the Manta Trust are offering resort guests the opportunity to adopt a manta ray by contributing to research efforts. Guests have the chance to name their ray and receive bi-monthly updates on their manta?s progress, including sightings and exciting news from the team?s ongoing research.

The South Pacific Acoustic Manta Tagging Project is the latest entry in Kokomo Private Island Fiji?s suite of environmentally focused sustainability programs. It builds on a recognised suite of initiatives including mangrove reforestation, an active research program to help coral survive the effects of global warming, and a water-bottling plant that minimises single-use plastic

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Capt ain Cook Cruises Raises FJ$17,000 for Child Healt h in Fij i

Captain Cook Cruises Fiji has successfully raised FJ$17,000 for Cure Kids Fiji since announcing their partnership 12 months ago. The funds have had a huge impact in addressing some of the most urgent child health challenges in Fiji and helped achieve significant improvements for these children, and their families throughout the country.

?Cure Kids Fij i is very grat eful t o Capt ain Cook Cruises and t heir guest s for t heir com m it m ent t o m ak ing a real dif ference in t he l ives of our children, and we look forward t o cont inuing t o work t oget her t o st rengt hen vit al healt h program s for Fij ian children?, says Jennifer Miller, Cure Kids Fiji.

According to Tony Acland, General Manager, Captain Cook Cruises Fiji, ?We are t hr i l led t o have raised t hese funds for Cure Kids Fij i and have been able t o

help so m any children and t heir fam il ies.?

?Our Reef Endeavour guest s have been so suppor t ive of our fundraising ef for t s and are m ore t han happy t o pay t he opt ional $1 per room per night charge t hat goes direct ly t o Cure Kids Fij i . We look forward t o suppor t ing t h is great char it y for m any years t o com e.? Continues Mr Acland.

Cure Kids Fiji has been working in Fiji since 2006 to improve the health of Fijian children through research and evidence-based child health programs, namely the Fiji Rheumatic Heart Disease (RHD) Prevention & Control Program, and the Fiji Oxygen Project. Too many Fijian children lose their lives to illnesses that are both treatable and preventable in other parts of the world; these programs provide sustainable, robust life-saving solutions

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Mar lene Blake t alks St yle Fij i 2019 | Jejem on

Catching up with Style Fiji 2019's Marlene Blake as we countdown to Fiji's largest Charity Fashion Show. Project Bula Mai ? Style Fiji is a registered charitable trust since 2011 with four successful events, one major event per year using fashion and entertainment to accumulate funds in cash and in kind to assist and support health services in Fiji. We have donated medical equipment to the Nadi Community Hospital and have included St Johns Association Fiji in our efforts to assist the less fortunate and the community at large.

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Mar lene Blake t alks St yle Fij i 2019 | Jejem on

Catching up with Style Fiji 2019's Marlene Blake as we countdown to Fiji's largest Charity Fashion Show. Project Bula Mai ? Style Fiji is a registered charitable trust since 2011 with four successful events, one major event per year using fashion and entertainment to accumulate funds in cash and in kind to assist and support health services in Fiji. We have donated medical equipment to the Nadi Community Hospital and have included St Johns Association Fiji in our efforts to assist the less fortunate and the community at large.

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But such buildings! They seem to have sprung from a collabo­ration of Lutyens and Albert Speer. Fifty years of tropical rains have weathered the austere concrete finish-meant to look like ashlar stone-into great streaks of light and dark grey and patches of moss. The only colour is a small golden dome, perched like half an orange on top of a clock tower that might have been stolen from an automobile factory of the 1930s. In concession to the climate the architect recessed the windows so deeply in the walls that they seem to be glassless; and on the side facing Victoria Parade the structural walls are altogether hidden in the gloom of frowning balconies and empty towers.' The buildings have the air of a lost city rescued from the jungle-an art deco Angkor Wat.

Schutz's guide makes no comment on the architecture but does relate an anecdote. It seems that Fiji's Parliament occupies land that was formerly a seedy neighbourhood of bars and brothels. A sailor, confronted after a long voyage by the imposing structures on the site of his favourite haunt, exclaimed: "My word, Annie has done well. "Derek pressed a bell on t he palm t ree:" I have to admit this was a good idea after all."We were sitting at a garden umbrella table beside the swimming pool of the Grand Pacific Hotel, gazing out over that tiny alveolus of the Pacific Ocean known as Suva Bay. After my walk to the Government Buildings yesterday, had crossed Victoria Parade for a drink in this establishment famed as the Raffles of Fiji. It looked exclusive from the outside-a fa~de of Doric columns painted brilliant white, a semi-circular drive shaded by royal palms, and a porte-cochere of Romanesque ironwork flanked by a magnificent Fiji fan palm like a peacock's tail in full spread.

Inside there was a sleepy, half-deserted air, a feeling of space and emptiness conveyed by the arched ceiling of the cathedral-like lounge, the skylights, white paint, and overhead fans suspended from long stems: In 1916, when the hotel was only two years old, Somerset Maugham noted: "It is cool and empty .... The servants are Hindus, silent and vaguely hostile .... The food is very bad, but the rooms are pleasant, fresh and cool." Time had evidently passed the Grand Pacific by, and so have most of the tourists since the opening of the Suva Travelodge next door. I found "budget rooms" (originally servants' accommodations, I assume) available for litt le more than we were paying at the Metropole. They lacked windows but did have louvred doors, a private shower, fan, and fridge. This last item made it easy to persuade Derek to move. 

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When teenage Yi (Chloe Bennet,

Marvel?s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)

encounters a young Yeti on the

roof of her apartment building in

Shanghai, she and her

mischievous friends, Jin (Tenzing

Norgay Trainor) and Peng (Albert

Tsai), name him ?Everest? and

embark on an epic quest to

reunite the magical creature with

his family at the highest point on

Earth. But the trio of friends will

have to stay one-step ahead of

Burnish (Eddie Izzard), a wealthy

man intent on capturing a Yeti,

and zoologist Dr. Zara (Sarah

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Astronaut Roy McBride travels to

the outer edges of the solar

system to find his missing father

and unravel a mystery that

threatens the survival of our

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Rambo must confront his past and

unearth his ruthless combat skills

to exact revenge in a final mission.

A deadly journey of vengeance,

RAMBO: LAST BLOOD marks the

last chapter of the legendary

series.

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Rambo must confront his past and

unearth his ruthless combat skills

to exact revenge in a final mission.

A deadly journey of vengeance,

RAMBO: LAST BLOOD marks the

last chapter of the legendary

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Two brothers; Alama & Popo, arrive

for the first time in NZ as Seasonal

Workers, making plenty of money to

take back home to their family in

Samoa. But things take a turn for the

worst when Popo steals Alamas'

money and runs away. Alama is

determined not to return home

empty handed, but the only relative

that answers his call for help is Bob

Titilo; an aspiring private

investigator in his 40s. Alama begins

to doubt his decision when Bob's

unconventional methods take them

on a wild goose chase.

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A young love story set in snowy

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A young love story set in snowy

hilly regions.

The Zoya Factor is an Indian

romantic comedy film, directed by

Abhishek Sharma and produced

by Pooja Shetty Deora and Aarti

Shetty. The film stars Sonam

Kapoor in the lead role, and

features Dulquer Salmaan.

The film is a light adaptation of

Anuja Chauhan?s 2008 novel ?The

Zoya Factor?. The story revolves in

the background of 2011 Cricket

World Cup where Dulquer plays

Nikhil, the Indian Cricket Team

captain, Sonam ias Zoya, an

advertising professional who

encounters facilit ies to the team.

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