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Travel and Tourism in New Caledonia
Travel alerts, currency, climate, transit, health, and safety information for visitors to New Caledonia.
Practical Information
Travel alert status, currency, climate, and transit details.
- Travel Alert Status
- Level 1: Exercise Normal Precautions
- Time Difference
- UTC+11 (16 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time)
- Currency
- Comptoirs Francais du Pacifique franc (XPF); note - may adopt the euro in 2003
- Climate
- tropical; modified by southeast trade winds; hot, humid
- Ethnic Groups
- Melanesian 42.5%, European 37.1%, Wallisian 8.4%, Polynesian 3.8%, Indonesian 3.6%, Vietnamese 1.6%, other 3%
- National Holiday
- Fete de la Federation, 14 July (1790); note - the local holiday is New Caledonia Day, 24 September (1853)
- Geographic Coordinates
- 21 30 S, 165 30 E
- Location
- Oceania, islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Australia
- Airports
- 25
Health and Safety
Medical facilities, vaccinations, disease risk, and sanitation conditions.
Medical treatment on the main island is generally good but is more limited on the outer islands. The Centre Hospitalier Territorial in Noumea provides emergency and outpatient services, as does the smaller Centre Hospitalier Nord in Koumac in the northern part of the main island of New Caledonia and the Centre Hospitalier Est in Poindimie on the east coast of the main island. Doctors and hospitals often expect immediate cash payment for health services.
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