*  *  *  The Attorney-General & Minister for Trade & Tourism, Chairman of the Organising Committee for the Forum, Distinguished Guests, Ladies & Gentlemen Good Morning Thank you for inviting me to speak to you on the Economic Contribution of Tourism – The Way Forward.
I recall we met around this time last year when I had the pleasure of speaking to this august forum on a similar topic. Before I speak to you on the topic for this morning, I wish to first discuss very briefly, recent developments in the Fiji economy in the context of the global economic and financial developments.