We have already seen some hotels selling stubbies at $12 again, they have gone back to their old ways - AG

Fiji needs to remain competitive when it comes to tourism, and there have already been cases of some hotels selling a bottle of stubby for $12.

Minister for Economy, Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum has highlighted this as he spoke on the work that has been done to open up the borders after getting majority of the eligible population vaccinated against COVID-19.

Sayed-Khaiyum also says the National Budget has to be able to respond to those regional employment preferences in other countries which has an impact on us as we have our skilled professionals like nurses, accountants and chefs leaving for jobs overseas.

He says he recently found out that 6 senior nurses went overseas from a health centre, more chefs are leaving and about 60 accountants have left for Australia. Sayed-Khaiyum says we are lucky that we do not have an ageing population, and we have a cadre of people that have to be trained.