March 31, 2001
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - The 44 inhabitants of a remote island in the South Pacific plan to share their rocky
home with tourists, ending two centuries of isolation that began when mutineers from the British warship Bounty
landed and settled there.
A New Zealand consortium plans to build a 30-room, four-star hotel, two tourist lodges and an airstrip on Pitcairn
Island - a volcanic outcrop in the Pacific Ocean between New Zealand and Peru, The Weekend Australian newspaper
reported.
If approved, the airstrip would revolutionize life on the island, one of the world's most remote places and currently
accessible only by boat from New Zealand - an eight day voyage. Islanders receive mail about three times each year.
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