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from a transport perspective is the initial venture to the region; especially as the appeal broadens beyond traditional Australian and New Zealand demographics. As Fiji is already showcasing though, each individual nation is slowly but surely developing its infrastructure to deal with its own demand. Cocker says: “Fiji has and will always be the leading industry in the region and the hub of the Pacific. There are increasingly more flights coming through Fiji than ever before and its state-of-the-art international airport in Nadi has left Fiji in a league of her own
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"The number of airlines flying into the Pacific through entry points such as Fiji, Australia, New Zealand, etc, has increased dramatically and I am positive that this will increase in the years to come"
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in the Pacific. There are more direct flights from Fiji that link us to Asia, the US and our traditional markets of Australia and New Zealand.” And as Cocker concludes, this trend is primed to be replicated across the rest of the region in the years to come. “Several of our islands are following in Fiji’s footsteps though and I would say Papua New Guinea, Samoa and Tonga have done quite well in establishing new routes through their respective national airlines. Such developments guarantee more business travel as connectivity is available now where it once was absent.”
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