Samoa represented at the 18th Los Angeles Travel & Adventure Show, USA
Samoa was one of the Pacific Island nations represented at this year's Los Angeles Travel & Adventure Show, which took place from February 18–19 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in California.
Published Saturday, 25 February 2023
Samoa Tourism's Trade Familiarisation Program recommences
The Samoa Tourism Authority (STA) is excited to announce the recommencement of its trade famil program for 2023, offering retail agents the opportunity to discover the island nation's abundance of activities and experiences first-hand.
Published Friday, 17 February 2023
Samoa Tourism Sector Plan 2022-2027 Launched
The Minister for Natural Resources and Environment and Tourism Hon. Toeolesulusulu Cedric Schuster, Samoa Tourism Authority and the Samoa Tourism Sector officially launched on Friday 10th February the Samoa Tourism Sector Plan 2022-2027 targeting the return of tourist arrival numbers pre-pandemic...
Published Monday, 13 February 2023
Pacific Islands Beauty Pageant returns to Samoa after COVID-19
The 34th Miss Pacific Islands Pageant has begun with 5 beautiful contestants from the Pacific Islands vying for the crown and the title of Miss Pacific Islands.
Published Wednesday, 1 February 2023
Coconuts Beach Resort prepares for Grand Reopening in April 2023
The Coconuts Beach Club Resort & Spa at Maninoa Siumu, is undergoing a property-wide transformation with construction works having already started. This comes in anticipation of a grand reopening as early as April this year.
Published Wednesday, 1 February 2023
New Zealand support for Samoa Tourism Recovery and Resilience Program.
A Grant Funding Arrangement has been signed between the New Zealand and Samoa Governments to support the tourism industry in its post-pandemic recovery efforts.
Published Wednesday, 1 February 2023
Taumeasina Island Resort's VIP Expansion
Taumeasina Island Resort has recently expanded with the addition of 12 more rooms which opened on the 1st of December 2022. These beautiful three-bedroom Cove Villas, according to the General Manager, Tuiataga Nathan Bucknall, are not just part of their VIP extension, but also an important component of the resort’s long-term expansion plan which took longer than anticipated due to Covid-19.
Published Sunday, 29 January 2023
Seabreeze Resort re-Opens after Upgrade
Award winning Seabreeze Resort, which was awarded the best romantic resort in Oceania at the 2021 World Travel Awards, is back to normal operations after undergoing a massive renovation in which all its 13 ocean view rooms were completely remodeled and upgraded to provide a new and improved experience.
Published Monday, 12 December 2022
Christmas Festivities and New Year Fireworks
The popular Christmas on the Waterfront is back again this year, with the programme set for Wednesday 21st to Friday 23rd December at the Friendship Park.
Published Monday, 12 December 2022
Cruise Tourism Strategy Launched
The Samoa Cruise Tourism Strategy, which was recently launched is the culmination of significant work that was undertaken during the closure of borders due to the Covid-19 Pandemic to develop a clear framework to guide the industry going forward.
Published Sunday, 11 December 2022
Repurposing Plastics Initiative
Samoa Tourism Authority in close partnership with the (South) Pacific Tourism Organization (PTO) under the Pacific Tourism Waste Action Initiative recently hosted a week-long training on Repurposing Plastics.
Published Wednesday, 7 December 2022
Discover Beautiful Sales Mission to American Samoa
The Samoa Tourism Authority in collaboration with a number of hotels and resorts will be in the American Samoa for the Discover Beautiful Sales Mission which will take place in Pago Pago during 8th-10th November.
Published Wednesday, 9 November 2022
Tourism Bodies Strengthen Partnership
A delegation from Maori Tourism headed by CEO Toluma’anave Pania Tyson-Nathan was recently in the country as part of an exchange with Samoa Tourism Authority.
Published Wednesday, 9 November 2022
Samoa participates at Tourism Meetings in Cook Islands
Samoa is among several member countries of the inter-Government South Pacific Tourism Organisation (SPTO) that are meeting in person in the Cook Islands for the first time since 2019.
Published Thursday, 3 November 2022
Samoa welcomes restart of cruise ship port calls
The Port of Apia will welcome the return of cruise ships when Westerdam and Zuiderdam from the Holland America line call in at Matautu on Tuesday 18th October and Thursday 20th October respectively.
Published Monday, 17 October 2022
Eased entry requirements welcomed
The lifting of Covid-19 travel restrictions towards the end of September has been widely welcomed by visitors. On 22nd September, the requirement to complete a pre-departure test and show proof of vaccination were removed following the reopening of borders to international travellers on 1st August.
Published Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Savaii Palolo Festival 2022
While many across Samoa are closely monitoring the moon as part of the countdown to the first rising of the much-loved palolo which is predicted to be around 14th to 16th October, the Savaii Samoa Tourism Association (SSTA) has started month-long celebrations as part of the annual Savaii Palolo Fest.
Published Wednesday, 12 October 2022
The Feast Gospel Concert
The Afi Pasefika Trust in partnership with MH Events and Beautiful Samoa is hosting the The Feast of Tabernacles Samoa Concert during 12th -15th October.
Published Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Samoa Cultural Village Reopens
The conch shell calls and drum beats of the Samoa Cultural Village, located in the heart of the Apia CBD next to the FMFMII Government Building and adjacent to the Matagialalua Friendship Park on the Apia Waterfront, have once again come alive following its reopening in the first week of October.
Published Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Samoa removes COVID-19 test requirement for inbound travellers
Acting Prime Minister Hon. Tuala Tevaga Ponifasio announced on 22nd September the removal of the pre-departure requirement for a supervised COVID-19 RAT for travellers bound for Samoa.
Published Tuesday, 27 September 2022
Return to Paradise Resort Wins Competitions
Return to Paradise Resort is celebrating after a double win at the Independence Celebration competitions. The first was the Return to Paradise Fiafia Group which won first place in the Mauluulu competition.
Published Tuesday, 27 September 2022
Hotel bookings start to rebuild following border reopening
Optimism about forward revenue and occupancy projections trending higher is building among hotels and resorts following the reopening of borders to international travelers in August.
Published Tuesday, 27 September 2022
Samoa welcomes back cruising yachts
In the days following the official re-opening of Samoa’s borders to the world, Faleolo International Airport wasn’t the only place buzzing with the arrival of tourists and returning friends and family.
Published Tuesday, 27 September 2022
Visitors in search of authentic experiences
When Samoa officially opened its borders to international visitors on August 1st, American-Filipino traveller, Riza Rasco, was one of the first visitors who disembarked off the first flight into Samoa after an almost 3 year hiatus due to the global pandemic.
Published Tuesday, 27 September 2022
Accommodation Operators to Supervise Rapid Antigen Tests for In-house Guests
One-month on from reopening to international travellers, the Ministry of Health in partnership with the Samoa Tourism Authority have conducted a workshop for accommodation-operators to train and certify staff to directly perform supervised rapid antigen tests for in-house guests.
Published Monday, 5 September 2022
