MUMBAI: Fiji government has decided to offer 47 per cent tax rebate to film productions happening in the country.

"We are planning to meet some of the producers in Bollywood shortly during this trip to promote film tourism in Fiji," said Fiji minister for tourism, civil aviation, industry and trade Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum.

The announcement comes in the wake of a decision by Fiji Tourism to target Bollywood to promote tourism products and destinations in the country. Though a few Indian films have already been shot in Fiji, the tourism department is further trying to attract more and more film producers from India to shoot their films in the country.

Speaking about Fiji as a tourism destination, the Minister said that it is a unique tourist destination in the South Pacific region with it offering wide variety of tourism products for Indians.

Fiji Tourism is currently conducting road shows in four cities–New Delhi, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Mumbai. "The main focus of the show is to highlight the diverse tourism products and destinations in Fiji as well as to educate the Indian travel trade about Fiji‘s offerings," shared Fiji tourism director – global destinations – India representative Pranav Kapadia.