Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 14, Number 12, 1 December 1997 — PALAU'S ECONOMY [ARTICLE]

PALAU'S ECONOMY

KOROR (Palau) — Bank of Hawai'i regional economist Wali Osman says that Palau's eeonomie future will be based largely on tourism. This finding was released in report on the Western Pacific republic. Between 1993 and 1996 tourist arrivals jumped 7 1 .2 percent, from 40,497 to 69,330. ■ Pacific Affairs is a compilation of newstories from the Pacific eompileel by the news department at Hawai'i Puhlie Radio.