SUVA, Fiji (17 May 2007) -- Hotels and resorts in Fiji have now resorted to discounts of up to 50 percent to try to lure tourists to Fiji. Tourism Action Group Chair Damend Goundar said, "They are now unable to come up with any new strategies because the hotels and resorts have done all they can." Goundar said the main factor, keeping tourists from coming to Fiji was the continued extension of the Public Safety Regulation. He said the Fiji Visitors Bureau should be given additional funding to better market Fiji in overseas markets. The Tourism Action Group (TAG) was set up to revive the flagging fortunes of the tourism industry after the December 5 coup. It has had the benefit of donations from stakeholders in the industry and the Interim Government. TAG was instrumental in reviving the industry after the 2000 crisis but there are indications that the after-effects of the 2006 coup on the industry would be far more devastating. | 
