The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) has conveyed a message from the Solomon Islands Visitors Bureau (SIVB) saying that it is too early to assess the cost of tsunami damage to tourism property and infrastructure.

However, Central and eastern parts of the Solomon Islands remain thankfully unaffected by last Monday's tsunami.
Reported widespread damage to buildings and infrastructure in Gizo, the capital of Western Province, will have an impact on the tourism industry, said SIVB General Manager Michael Tokuru, adding that the nation's tourism ‘has not fully recovered in terms of visitor numbers from the effects of the ethnic tension in 2000’.
At least 28 people were killed, 19 injured and more than 5,400 forced to flee their homes, according to the United Nations (UN) Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, when an undersea earthquake 345 kilometres northwest of the country's capital, Honiara, triggered a tsunami. The National Disaster Council has withdrawn its warnings of further tsunamis.
PATA offered SIVB its condolences and assistance: ‘We are saddened to hear of the tsunami, are deeply concerned for your people and hope that the recovery process goes smoothly,’ said President and Ceo Peter de Jong.