{"id":75,"date":"2026-05-14T06:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T05:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/policy\/?page_id=75"},"modified":"2026-06-03T09:52:24","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T08:52:24","slug":"tourism-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/policy\/economic-development\/tourism-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Tourism Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div class=\"yoast-breadcrumbs\"><span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/policy\/\">Home<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.fk\/policy\/economic-development\/\">Economic Development<\/a><\/span> \u00bb <span class=\"breadcrumb_last\" aria-current=\"page\">Tourism Development<\/span><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:4vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">Tourism Development<\/h1>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:4vh\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-7f51fafc wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Policy &amp; Economic Development Unit is involved in the implementation of the Tourism Development Strategy with a focus on attracting greater numbers of land-based tourists to the Islands to compliment the well-established and successful cruise ship tourism industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Attracting greater numbers of land based tourists requires significant improvements to the tourism product delivered by the Falkland Islands and significant additional funding has been allocated to help to achieve it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Policy &amp; Economic Development Unit and the Falkland Islands Government is working in 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class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Tourism Strategy Steering Group, co-chaired by representatives from FIG and FITB, is in the progress developing a long term strategy and work with the industry to ensure the right infrastructure and economic conditions to support growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f3c985d4 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;galleryId&quot;:&quot;6af658efa41f2&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/gallery\" class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;6af658efa4ab8&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"6af658efa4ab8\" class=\"wp-block-image size-full wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1006\" height=\"750\" 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