Fiji’s Embassy in Washington DC USA is upskilling its staff so that the Embassy can strengthen its promotion of Fiji as an attractive tourism destination for Americans.
The Embassy has managed to secure a placement for one of its locally engaged staff (LES) to participate in the upcoming Tourism Fiji Matai Program scheduled for November in Fiji. The Embassy’s administrative assistant Ms Teresita Sauler-Cooke has been nominated to attend the November program.
The fully funded program is designed by Tourism Fiji to enable the embassy’s Matai Specialist to be trained and educated and on tourism opportunities offered by Fiji, increase the destination awareness and empower them (including potential travel traders) to sell Fiji as a tourism destination. The program includes an online training course which four modules in total that has to be completed before applicants can be considered to participate in the program.
The Embassy will also use the opportunity for Ms Sauler-Cooke to meet with officials at the Fiji’s Immigration Department, the Ministry of Justice, Birth, Death and Marriage (BDM) Registrar’s Office, Investment Fiji and other relevant Ministries that the embassy liaises with on daily basis.
Whilst in Fiji for the program Ms Sauler-Cooke will remain in Suva at least for an additional two days to undertake the Embassy’s orientation program after the completion of the 8-day visit. This exercise is not only important as it aimed to build up the Embassy’s contacts and facilitate service delivery.
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