Under Australian management since 2009 trekker numbers have declined by 42% resulting in a direct annual loss of $1.2 million (K3.1 million) for village communities across the Trail.
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Tribute to Mr Ovoru Indiki, Former ‘Fuzzy-Wuzzy Angel’ and Naduri Village Chief The...
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Kokoda Spirit was created by Wayne Wetherall, a former National Sales & Marketing Manager for an unknown refrigeration company – he was quick to spot the early business opportunites presented with the emergence of Kokoda as a pilgrimage tourism destination and set about transforming himself from a slick suburban salesman into a self-proclaimed ‘explorer, adventurer, philanthropist and historian’ with a ‘passion’ for our diggers.
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The Kokoda Trail had been subject to random blockades by village-based landowners over the past 15...
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Responsibility for the current situation rests squarely with Canberra funded Kokoda Initiative officials who have used the term ‘Kokoda’ to give relevance to an environmental agenda which has resulted in a decline of 46% in Kokoda toirism numbers since they took control of the Kokoda Trail under a Joint Understanding with PNG in 2009 and reaffirmed in 2015.
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