Miss Pacific becomes Tourism Ambassador

Monday, December 18, 2017 - 18:40

Suva, Fiji

Miss Pacific Islands, Matauaina To'omalatai (Miss American Samoa).
The newly crowned Miss Pacific Islands, Matauaina Gwendolyn To’omalatai has been appointed as the 2018 Pacific Islands Tourism Ambassador.

As the first new ambassador, she will participate in the South Pacific Tourism Exchange (SPTE) in Adelaide on April 11-13, 2018.

The role will provide a platform to advocate the issues of women and youth empowerment in tourism and hospitality, sustainability in tourism development, and showcase the warm and friendly Pasifika spirit to the world through the South Pacific Islands tourism brand ‘Ours Is Yours’, the South Pacific Tourism Organization (SPTO) stated on December 15.

Her appointment as tourism ambassador will also be an extension of the advocacy on climate change to sustain the Pacific Islands carried out during the recent pageant. It will connect this theme to sustainable tourism as the Pacific moves towards making a positive impact through the tourism industry on the future social, economic and environmental wellbeing of Pacific people and places.

SPTO expects the ambassador's role to provide Miss Pacific Islands with a platform to tell our story to the world, showcasing how to craft deep and meaningful connections between Pacific people, places and visitors.

Matauaina represented American Samoa and was crowned the Miss Pacific Islands at the finale of the 31st Miss Pacific Islands Pageant in Nadi, last week.

She currently works for the American Samoa Visitors Bureau, and will now focus on fulfilling her role as the Pacific Queen.

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