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The Muri Lagoon is a lagoon in the district of Ngatangiia on the eastern coast of Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. The lagoon is a significant tourist attraction and the largest tourism revenue earner in the Cook Islands, [ 1 ] accounting for 25% of tourism bed usage on Rarotonga. [ 2 ]
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Rarotonga is a very popular tourist destination with many resorts, hotels and motels. The chief town, Avarua, on the north coast, is the capital of the Cook Islands. Captain John Dibbs, master of the colonial brig Endeavour, is credited as the European discoverer on 25 July 1823, while transporting the missionary Reverend John Williams.
1992: Beachcomber Hotels buys the former Pullman Hotel in Grand-Bay and renames it Le Mauricia; 1994 : Beachcomber Hotels buys the former "Le Mariya Hotel" located in Pointe aux Piments. Following extensive works, the hotel is renamed Le Victoria; 1996 : Le Méridien Brabant and Paradis are merged under the brand name, Paradis Hotel & Golf Club
The ruins of the Sheraton Resort Rarotonga Side view of the Resort. The Sheraton Resort Rarotonga or Vaimaanga Hotel is an incomplete derelict hotel in Vaimaanga on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands. Intended to be the first five-star resort in the Cook Islands, construction on the hotel stopped in 1993, and it has remained derelict ever since.
Rarotonga / Mount Smart photographed in the early 1900s, before the scoria cone was quarried away. The volcano erupted around 20,000 years ago. The scoria cone was formerly 87 metres high with a small crater (around 57 m higher than the surrounding land). Lava flowed about 300 hectares from the eruption, reaching the Manukau Harbour at Māngere.
Rarotonga International Airport (IATA: RAR, ICAO: NCRG) (Cook Islands Māori: Papa Rererangi o Rarotonga) is the Cook Islands' main international gateway, located in the town and district of Avarua, Rarotonga, 3 km (1.9 mi) west of the downtown area on the northern coast. Originally built in 1944, the airport was expanded in the early 1970s ...
Beachcomber Island is a private island within the Mamanuca Islands of Fiji in the South Pacific, [2] which in turn are a part of Fiji's Western Division. Being one of the closest islands to Denarau, it has been a key tourism icon of the South Pacific since its development.