Pago Pago
About Pago Pago
Pago Pago is the regional capital of American Samoa. It is located in Muputin County on the main island of American Samoa Tutuilla. It is one of the best and deep natural deep ports in the South Pacific Ocean, surrounded by wind and rugged seas, and is strategically located. The port is also best preserved in the South Pacific region, which gives American Samoa a natural advantage in relation to fishing for processing. Tourism, entertainment, food and tuna caning are the main industries. According to 1993, Pago Pago was the world's fourth largest tuna processor.
It was home to two of the world's largest tuna companies: Chicken of the Sea and Starchists, which exported about $ 445 million in canned tuna for USA. American Samoa is centered around Pago Pago. It receives 34,000 visitors per year, which is one-fourth of Samoa's neighboring country. 69.3 percent of visitors are from the United States until 2014. Until 1980, any person could experience the view of the mount. By taking an air tramway at Avola port, but on 17 April of that year, an American Navy aircraft collided with the cable, flying overhead as part of the Flag Day celebrations; The plane crashed into a wing of the Rainmaker Hotel. Tramway was repaired, but not closed after a long time.