Leith Isaac, Michael Woods and Isikel Tovia from PNG Tourism Promotion Authority
	Leith Isaac, Michael Woods and Isikel Tovia from PNG Tourism Promotion Authority

Melbourne provided a strong start to the four city Australian leg of Papua New Guinea’s Tourism road show last night, with travel agents meeting with PNG tourism operators to brush up on their destination knowledge, network and win some great PNG prizes.

The roadshow, hosted by Papua New Guinea Tourism Promotion Authority, is an annual event aimed at raising the profile of PNG and educating Australian travel agents on the range of travel opportunities and tourism infrastructure now in place in their country.

Exhibitors included Air Niugini, Airlines PNG, Walindi Plantation Resort, Loloata Island Resort, Pacific Tours, Paivu Tours, PNG Trekking Adventures/Village Huts, Tawali Resort, Kokoda Track Authority, National Planning Department, Wemso Lodge & Tours, Trans Niugini Tours, and Orion Expeditions.

Agents were encouraged to learn as much as possible from each company and were rewarded with great prizes including two Nikon Coolpix cameras, four nights accommodation Wemso Tours, day tours of Rabaul and Kokopo through Paivu Tours and return flights to PNG with Air Niugini with free domestic connections to a destination of choice within Papua New Guinea.

Airlines PNG also launched an incentive, offering two return flights to Papua New Guinea for any agent who books six Airlines Papua New Guinea sectors within the six months following the road shows.

The roadshow will move to Sydney tomorrow with over 100 agents expected at the Thursday night event and even more great prizes to give away.

The details for the upcoming events are:

• Sydney: Thursday 1 September 2011, 18:00-20:30

Establishment Rooms II & III, Level 2, 252 George Street, Sydney, NSW.

• Brisbane: Monday 5 September 2011, 18:00-20:30

Brisbane Hilton, Queens Ballroom, 190 Elizabeth Street, Brisbane, QLD.

• Cairns: Tuesday 6 September 2011, 18:00-20:30

The Hotel Cairns, Plantation Ballroom, Corner of Abbott & Florence Streets, Cairns, QLD.

For agents still interested in attending, final RSVPs are still being accepted and more great prizes will be given away in each city.

Click on the following link to RSVP
http://www.travpress.com/etbpromotions/GTITourism/RSVP_form.htm

For more information about Papua New Guinea visit http://www.papuanewguinea.travel/Australia

To complete the online travel agent training visit http://www.papuanewguinea.travel/Agent-Training