PACIFIC: Kosrae Contracts Tourism Master Plan

KOSRAE CONTRACTS TOURISM MASTER PLAN

By Olivier Wortel

KOSRAE, Federated States of Micronesia (Marianas Variety, Nov. 13) — The 
state government, in collaboration with the Kosrae Visitors Bureau, has 
concluded a contract with Guam-based Redda Pacific Group Ltd. for the 
preparation of a comprehensive tourism master plan for Kosrae.

The plan will be prepared for presentation to state leadership in late 
January.

Gerry Perez and John Salas, directors of Redda Pacific Group, will visit the 
state this month. They will hold discussions with relevant government 
departments, the visitors bureau and private sector representatives of the 
tourism industry.

RPG will try to define the range of tourism facilities and services which the 
state offers, to understand the views and aspirations of Kosrae regarding 
tourism development, and to gain a full understanding of the aims, objectives 
and long-term potential of tourism in Kosrae.

Kosrae has pursued this tourism master plan to meet performance based 
budgeting and Compact II requirements as well as a guiding document for its 
future tourism works.

The master plan will help to define the main types of tourism — diving, 
eco-tourism, cultural tourism, sport-fishing — which Kosrae offers and can 
develop in future. The plan will also seek to match these with the key 
tourism markets from which foreign visitors can be drawn.

Southeast Asia, Japan, the European Union, and the U.S. will be among the 
major markets.

November 13, 2003

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SOURCE: Pacific Islands Report