{"id":38306,"date":"2015-08-03T02:55:23","date_gmt":"2015-08-03T06:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/?p=38306"},"modified":"2020-08-22T05:03:52","modified_gmt":"2020-08-22T09:03:52","slug":"whats-new-in-vanuatu-flight-centre-expecting-post-cycle-tourism-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/blog\/whats-new-in-vanuatu-flight-centre-expecting-post-cycle-tourism-boost\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s new in Vanuatu: Flight Centre Expecting Post-Cycle Tourism Boost"},"content":{"rendered":"
Source: Flight Centre<\/pre>\n
What\u2019s new in Vanuatu: Flight Centre Expecting Post-Cycle Tourism Boost<\/strong><\/h2>\n
A cyclone may have struck a few months ago, but a boost to tourism is well and truly back on the agenda in Vanuatu.<\/p>\n
Head of Flight Centre Australia Tom Walley says now is a great time to\u00a0head to Vanuatu\u00a0with all but five of its contracted hotels back up and running.<\/p>\n
\u201cVanuatu is back in business! Recovery efforts are moving very quickly with 85 per cent of hotels and resorts open and welcoming guests, and more than 90 per cent of the tours and activities operating as normal,\u201d Mr Walley advised.<\/p>\n
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Travellers can\u00a0purchase flights\u00a0over the next few months starting at approx $608 return departing Sydney and $525 return from Brisbane.*<\/p>\n
\u201cThese prices aren\u2019t necessarily the cheapest we\u2019ve seen over the past year or so, but they\u2019re still sale fares, which will be out for a little while longer so travellers have time to plan ahead,\u201d Mr Walley said.<\/p>\n
In terms of accommodation, Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu\u2019s second-most popular island, was not even affected by the Cyclone, so its pristine white beaches, crystal-clear water and great dive sites are ready and waiting for you.<\/p>\n
In the main tourist hub of Port Villa, key resorts such as Breakas, Warwick Le Lagon and Mangoes are all back to normal.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf you were in town you wouldn\u2019t even know a category five cyclone had been through just a few months earlier.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are still some hotels closed but most will re-open before the end of the year and only two have been closed permanently,\u201d Mr Walley said.<\/p>\n
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The locals can\u2019t wait to show off their island paradise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Mr Walley says Vanuatu is the perfect excuse to \u201cchase the sun\u201d and also help boost tourism post-cyclone.<\/p>\n
\u201cUltimately, we want to help boost tourism back into Vanuatu after the cycle and we know Aussies love to chase the sun during winter, so now is the perfect time to travel,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe were seeing a really steady growth in bookings to Vanuatu up until the cyclone hit so we\u2019re pretty confident that with the efforts the locals have made, booking numbers will be up better than ever very soon.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Source: Flight Centre What\u2019s new in Vanuatu: Flight Centre Expecting Post-Cycle Tourism Boost A cyclone may have struck a few months ago, but a boost to tourism is well and truly back on the agenda in Vanuatu. Head of Flight Centre Australia Tom Walley says now is a great time to\u00a0head to Vanuatu\u00a0with all but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":308,"featured_media":38298,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[7962,30843,30841,30845,11317,30837,30795,30844,9520,30839,14894,30840,30836,5167,30838,8493,2198,3502,4055,30842],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/What-New-In-Vanuatu-Flight-Centre-Expecting-Post-Cycle-Tourism-Boost.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38306"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/308"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38306"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38306\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38308,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38306\/revisions\/38308"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38306"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38306"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38306"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.escapeartist.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=38306"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}