Knowing benefits of coconut oil

 TOURISTS visiting East New Britain can now learn the benefits of virgin coconut oil. 

They can also buy processed virgin coconut oil to take home with them.

Rabaul Discovery Tours (RDT), the largest tour operator in ENB, included a new site, Virgin Coconut Oil Rabaul mill to its itinerary this year.

RDT had already taken more than 2000 tourists to visit the mill at Ratavul ward in the Rabaul district since January.

Tourists on board P&O’s Pacific Aria, who visited Rabaul on Wednesday, were briefed about the health benefits of virgin coconut oil.

They also learnt how the oil is processed and packed for local distribution.

The mill’s team leader Ephraim Jubilee Jr told tourists at the site that virgin coconut oil especially in ENB was rich in organic substances that were healthy for the body.

He said this was because coconuts in ENB especially in Rabaul fed from the rich volcanic fertile soil.

He told tourists that the virgin coconut oil produced at the mill could reduce the risk of heart diseases, burn excessive weight, prevent diabetes and high blood pressure and maintain and strengthen the immune system of the body.

Jubilee said the oil was also a good energy booster, skin and hair moisturiser, and was also essential for body massage. RDT’s general manager Douglas Pidi said it was exciting for the company to have included the mill in its itinerary.

He said this was a way of promoting local products and small-medium enterprises to tourists.

He said this was also part of down streaming local products.

“Our visitors can now buy and take with them local products especially virgin coconut oil that has been processed and packed,” Pidi  said.

“They will then share the product with their families and friends overseas. It is a bonus for the province.”