public holiday the day we are in Vila!

[sarze]

have just been reading my Jasons tourist info (Thanks Aussiedisneyfan) and there is a public holiday on the day we are in Port Vila! As I am a shopperholic and was really looking forward to this day i am understandably panicking. Do you guys think the shops will all be closed or are they a touristy town that will still continue because the ships in?

The holiday is Unity Day on the 29th Nov.

:(

Hope the tours are on as well, the p&o site still has them all listed for our cruise but i don't really hold much faith in that :rolleyes:

[aussiedisneyfan]

Oh gee, I don't know. I would think there would be at least the duty free open. They must make mega bucks when the ships come in.

 

P&O will be useless when it comes to info beforehand. Why don't you try emailing one of the resorts and ask them for info, they would probably know.

[qld cruiser]

Hi, you could try e-mailing......info@tourism.vu

every time we have been there ,shops have been open but I am not sure about major holiday dates.

regards, Lorraine:)

[sarze]

Thanks Lorraine,

I emailed them last night and got a reply already!

They said all shops and restaurants are still open in Vila on that public holiday :)

[Skyrules]

Thanks Lorraine,

I emailed them last night and got a reply already!

They said all shops and restaurants are still open in Vila on that public holiday :)

 

I would have been very suprised if they weren't... I would say the economy in Vila is very dependant on revenue from tourism, particularly the cruise ships.

 

Now, if it had been Noumea, that would be a different story. I imagine NOTHING would be open there on a public holiday. Certainly nothing much stays open when the ships out of Brisbane are only there in the late afternoon/evening.

 

Kym

[Aussie84]

No way would all the shops close in Villa on a Public Holiday if there is a cruise ship there. Some of the smaller shops may close. But the duty free shops (which is almost all of them :) ) would not close. Even the markets will def b there. They make way to much money from the ships there. From what i was told by our quide on one of the tours each time a cruise ship comes they make about $250,000+ from all the shopping, tours etc.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

I cant see that it would make too much difference.

What what Ive seen every day is teated like a public holiday in Vanuatu.