Tahiti - Mururoa's Disastrous Effect On Tourism

(18 Sep 1995) T/I: 11:16:37

The recent unrest in Tahiti following France's nuclear test early
this month has had disastrous consequences for the South Sea
islands tourist industry. The island's airport was badly damaged and
hundreds of shops looted in the riots of September 7.

SHOWS:

PAPEETE,TAHITI-RECENT
0.00 ws pan of island and beach
0.07 deserted beaches.
0.11 boat
0.13 woman walking down street
0.19 natsot Detlef Lomker- General Manager Hyatt Hotel- "In the
beginning we had a lot of cancellations because of the
nuclear testing; but that was mainly out of japan, some out
of europe and some out of australia also. But since the riots
were all over the world americans started to cancel also."
0.36 burnt shop.
0.40 pan empty shops.
0.46 people by pool
0.57 line empty taxis
1.00 locals talking
1.05 natsot felix teiua-taxi driver (in french)-tourism is
finished. because of the atomic bomb and the events, both of
them.
1.15 empty chairs on deck
1.17 empty deck chairs by palm trees
1.23 pan along beach

1.30 vision ends

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