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Travel and Tourism in Tuvalu
Travel alerts, currency, climate, transit, health, and safety information for visitors to Tuvalu.
Practical Information
Travel alert status, currency, climate, and transit details.
- Travel Alert Status
- Level 3: Reconsider Travel
- Time Difference
- UTC+12 (17 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
- Currency
- Australian dollar (AUD); note - there is also a Tuvaluan dollar
- Climate
- tropical; moderated by easterly trade winds (March to November); westerly gales and heavy rain (November to March)
- Ethnic Groups
- Polynesian 96%, Micronesian 4%
- National Holiday
- Independence Day, 1 October (1978)
- Geographic Coordinates
- 8 00 S, 178 00 E
- Location
- Oceania, island group consisting of nine coral atolls in the South Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia
- Airports
- 1
Health and Safety
Medical facilities, vaccinations, disease risk, and sanitation conditions.
Medical and dental care are very limited in Tuvalu, including in Funafuti, the capital. Serious medical problems are referred to health professionals and hospitals in Guam or Hawaii. Serious medical conditions requiring hospitalization and/or medical evacuation to the United States can cost thousands of dollars. Doctors and hospitals often expect immediate cash payment for health services.