Papua New Guinea

This chapter contains hotel listings for business and leisure travellers, useful contact details for embassies and ministries, and practical information for first-time visitors.

This chapter examines Papua New Guinea’s legal framework, focusing on regulations affecting foreign investors, restrictions and laws for companies, taxation and Customs duties, and other important areas.

It also contains a legal viewpoint from John Leahy, Partner, Leahy Lewin Lowing Sullivan, on proposed reforms to PNG’s land use regulations.

This chapter explores Papua New Guinea’s tax regime, focusing on issues slated for Treasury consideration, current corporate taxation guidelines, withholding rates and other key areas for investors. It also contains an interview with Jonathan Seeto, Territory Partner, PwC.

While Papua New Guinea remains a relative newcomer to the global tourism stage, international arrivals to the country have risen steadily over the past decade, from just over 69,200 in 2005 to more than 198,600 in 2015, according to data compiled by the PNG Tourism Promotion Authority. Although notable, most of the increase has been driven by the influx of business travellers and workers that...

Home to a remarkable amount of biodiversity, rich volcanic soil, bountiful waterways and a moist tropical climate, Papua New Guinea possesses all the elements to fashion itself into a thriving agricultural exporter. These native assets have supplied the basic natural building blocks providing nourishment to country’s population throughout history, and more recently to the agribusiness industry...

Building on the momentum generated by the successful launch of the Papua New Guinea Liquefied Natural Gas project, the government continues to take the lead in stimulating construction activity in PNG, with various opportunities across the board from ports and road projects to a range of residential and commercial developments open to both domestic and foreign companies for participation and...