Expo a ray of hope for business

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Go Dirty Tours Fiji representative Liz Scott (left) and managing director Anand Achari meet Paul Watkins during the Fijian Tourism Expo 2022 at the Sheraton Fiji Golf and Beach Resort on Denarau. Picture: REINAL CHAND

A local tourism business which was hit hard by the recent pandemic labelled the Fijian Tourism Expo as a ray of hope.

Go Dirty Tours Fiji managing director Anand Achari says it is a huge relief to have international buyers back into Fiji to witness the hype the sector has been through in the past couple of months ever since borders reopened.

Mr Achari who provides quad bike tours and rentals businesses for tourists in the past two decades says it has been really tough for the past two years but they are glad that things have looked quite positive for the local sector.

“Looking at the numbers coming in has been really fantastic, we are still at a very early stage and we still have a very long way to go and it’s very promising to see the numbers coming in,” Mr Achari said.

“It’s a huge relief to me and my staff who have been without work in the past two years.

“At one point I had 33 staffs, today I am sitting with seven staffs and it’s hard to get staffs back and in this line of work it’s not easy to just tell anyone hey come here and ride the quad bike, there is a lot of training involved.”

Mr Achari said buyers from Spain, Europe and Australia visited their booth yesterday to enquire about their business which had been a hit for thousands of tourists visiting Fiji in the past 22 years.

He added they had been booked out for a couple of weeks now

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