class="apple-converted-space"> As Trevor Sofield says, "The
shops and businesses in these centers served the needs of the government
officials and expatriate businessmen, planters and traders. Honiara, like many
other ex-colonial cities, still reflects the political, economic and cultural
structure of its former metropolitan mentor much more than it does the national
traits of Solomon Islands society.
As
the capital city of the Solomon Islands with both airport and port, Honiara is
the hub of trading in the islands. Major exports are
timber,
coconuts,
copra
and
fish.
Numerous shops sell clothes, cheap radios and basic foods such as vegetables,
fruits and canned tuna. The industry is in the form of several beverage
factories and a cookie factory.
Llunga
Power Station
lies to the east
towards the river and airport. The most important trade partners are
Malaysia,
Japan,
SouthKoreaand
Taiwan.
Honiara is the Solomon Islands'
springboard for tourism activities. The country's tourist office, the Solomon
Islands Visitors Bureau, is
