HRH Princess Salote Mafile'o Pilolevu Tuita will be officially declared as Tonga's 'Royal Patron of Whales', in Neiafu, Vava'u on Friday, October 3.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) said that the appointment of Princess Pilolevu Tuita as the Royal Patron of Whales is in honour of the Tongan Royal Family's commitment to the protection of whales.
The late King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV, in a Royal Degree banned whaling in Tongan waters in 1978, and since then it has been estimated that the number of whales visiting Tonga annually has increased from 63 to 700.
Whale Watching has become a multi-million pa'anga industry for Tonga, particularly in the Vava'u group of islands.
The occasion will be officiated by Edgar Cocker, the CEO for the Tonga Visitors Bureau, Erica Martin, Director IFAW for Asia Pacific, Lelisio Lui, president of the Vava'u Tourism Association and Allan Bowe, the president of the Tonga Whale Watching Operators Association.
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