Should Tourists continue to visit Lonoc bungalows which is built on disputed land, say Hogharbour Village land claim owners

The question has come up over and over again, should foreign tourists continue to visit lonoc land resort, which the land is currently on dispute? Is it fair, just and reasonable for tourists to visit lonoc resort, however, the vast majority of them are oblivious of the fact that the land upon which lonoc resort is built is on dispute? Are a foreign tourist who is planning to visit lonoc resort? Well, it should made to you very loud and clear, that the land upon which the resort is build is infamously on dispute!


The disputed land case is in the process of going to the Island Court in Santo. It should be noted that family Vocor who have been masterminded by their leader, Kalmer Vocor, have been consistently failing to comply with Vanuatu land laws over a prolonged period of time.

They indeed own lonoc resort, however, it is very unfortunate that the owners of lonoc resort are not complying with Vanuatu statute land laws, let alone Vanuatu customary land laws. The notorious example is that family vocor had failed to attend the first stage of the land tribunal which is currently administered by Hogharbour Village Chiefs. Under Vanuatu land laws, in order for a land dispute to be resolved, the claiming land owners have to go through a process of different stages, and the first one is through the custom chief before proceeding to the hierarchy ones, upon which the Courts will be the last resort.



So far there is no ruling from the Court of law to adjudicate that the current owners of lonoc resort are truly the land owners! Although family Vocor have been purporting that they are the land owners, however, whether the Court of law would adjudicate in their favour in the future, remains to be seen.



The rightful question which should be reverberated around the world, especially to the ear of any potential tourists is that would you consciously visit a resort which has been controversially build illegally on a land which is on dispute? Well, the call is yours!