23/05/2022
Good reading and sharing
PNG Tour Guide - Dominic Tulo. Thank you for sharing your story
When you book a tour with us, you are not only supporting our small tourism business. You're supporting many other people too because we do not own a boat, a tour bus/vehicle, hire cars or accommodation. We always engage locals who own the respective services or products.
When you book an island tour with us, we hire a boat from locals. A local boat owner benefits. Sometimes we do an exclusive Pangpang Paradise Island and Corey Corals Retreat tour. When we do this exclusive tour, our value partner Corey Dotty Eron is our point of contact who supports his community by engaging youths to catch fish and the mothers from nearby islands to do mumu, etc.
During 2021's Christmas Day Island Tour to Pangpang Paradise Island and Corey Corals Retreat, I made a short speech just before lunch was served. I thanked everyone for trusting us and booking the tour with us and then I said, "Whilst you're all having a Merry Christmas, know that by booking and paying for this tour, you've just made an individual or a family on this island to also have a Merry Christmas."
To be as engaging or inclusive as possible, we also have an island hopping tour where we include a few other islands so as to share the tourism benefits. We plan to cover as many of the beautiful Duke of York in the near future by collaborating with our value partners like Corey and others from the other islands who show interest in partnering with us.
It's the same with our land tours. When you book a land tour with us, you are not only supporting our small business, you're supporting a local PMV Owner, his driver and their families, site owners/keepers, arts and craft sellers, local tour guides and porters, etc.
At PNG Tour Guide, we believe in partnership and collaboration. During our short time in the business, we have tried as much as possible to be as inclusive and engaging as possible hence our great support of the homestay concept which gives a more personal touch to local hospitality than a regular hotel. We are currently supporting Holiday Rental - Kokopo, HOMESTAY KOKOPO and NGI Foursquare Lodge and we welcome opportunities to work with anyone out there that has the kind of service that will complement our tours.
In our collaboration efforts, we have occasionally worked with small food businesses and we encourage any local in the food business to reach out to us should you wish to support our tours by providing lunch packs for our tours, etc.
In summary, Tourism is everyone's business! Let's all work together locally and support each other to provide our visitors and local tourists a best memorable experience.
TOGETHER WE CAN! TOGETHER WE WILL!
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