Tuvalu
Table of Contents: Regions / Cities / Other destinations / Culture and History / Travel to Tuvalu, visa requirements Flights to Tuvalu, airtickets By boat / Get around / Talk / Shopping, Tuvalu souvenirs / Costs / Good restaurants and cheap meals / Tuvalu nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs. / Hotels, youth hostels, lodging / Learn / Work / Stay safe / Stay healthy / Respect / Contact More from Polynesia: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Easter Island, French Polynesia, Johnston Atoll, Niue, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Wallis and Futuna More from Oceania: Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Midway Islands, New Zealand, Polynesia |
Tuvalu is located in the South Pacific and is a group of islands that form the fourth smallest county in the world. In 1974, ethnic differences within the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands caused the Polynesians of the Ellice Islands to vote for separation from the Micronesians of the Gilbert Islands. The following year, the Ellice Islands became the separate British colony of Tuvalu. Independence was granted in 1978. In 2000, Tuvalu negotiated a contract leasing its Internet domain name ".tv" for $50 million in royalties over the next dozen years.
Regions
Cities
Other destinations
Culture and History
Travel to Tuvalu, visa requirements
Flights to Tuvalu, airtickets
There are regularly scheduled flights from Fiji to Funafuti.
By boat
Get around
There is one main road in Funafuti in addition to the runway, which is used for recreational purposes when landings are not scheduled.
Talk
English is the language of government and of most business on Funafuti, but Tuvaluan predominates on the outer islands.
Shopping, Tuvalu souvenirs
There is a handicraft center and a philatelic bureau on Funafuti.
Costs
Good restaurants and cheap meals
Tuvalu nightlife, bars, clubs and pubs.
Hotels, youth hostels, lodging
The state-owned Vaiaku Lagi Hotel on Funafuti is the country's only hotel. It also has significant nightlife.
Learn
Funafuti hosts a University of the South Pacific extension center. Motufoua, the country's only high school, is a coeducational boarding school on Vaitupu island. The Tuvalu Marine School, on an outer islet of Funafuti, trains Tuvaluan mariners for service on foreign ships.
Work
The non-native work force is mostly comprised of contract employees from Britain and other foreign countries.
Stay safe
A siren signals when to leave the runway for an approaching plane.
Violent crime is rare, and usually involves alcohol and family disputes.
Stay healthy
Respect
Contact
More from Polynesia: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Easter Island, French Polynesia, Johnston Atoll, Niue, Pitcairn Islands, Samoa, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, Wallis and Futuna More from Oceania: Australasia, Melanesia, Micronesia, Midway Islands, New Zealand, Polynesia |
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