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Fiji has a significant amount of tourism with the popular regions being Nadi, the Coral Coast, Denarau Island, and Mamanuca Islands. The biggest sources of international visitors by country are Australia, New Zealand and the United States. [117] Fiji has a significant number of soft coral reefs, and scuba diving is a common tourist activity. [118]
The Koro Sea [2] [3] lies in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.It is surrounded by the more than 300 islands of Fiji, and is bordered by Viti Levu to the south, Vanua Levu and Taveuni to the north, Kadavu to the west, and the Lau Islands to the east.
[7] [8] A few years later, Cyclone Harold also caused widespread damage. [9] Climate change in Fiji is an exceptionally pressing issue for the country – as an island nation, Fiji is particularly vulnerable to rising sea levels, coastal erosion and extreme weather. [10]
The Koro Sea is named after this volcanic island, which has a chain of basaltic cinder cones extending from north to south along its crest. With a land area of 105.3 square kilometres (40.7 sq mi), the 5-by-10-mile (8 by 16 km) island is the seventh largest in Fiji. Its latitude is 17.18° North; its longitude is 179.24° East.
Fiji's most famous waterfalls, the Bouma Falls, are also on the island, located in the Bouma National Heritage Park. South of Vuna village and the lagoon, jet black rocks litter an area known as the South Cape where Taveuni's last volcanic eruption spilled into the sea around 500 years ago.
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The Paramount Chief of Totoya is known as the Sau mai Totoya. This title is currently held by Roko Josefa Cinavilakeba, [2] who is also the community and government relations coordinator for the NGO Pacific Blue Foundation. Other prominent residents of Totoya include: Malele, Enele, who was the former Fiji rugby rep and captain.
[citation needed] Fiji's largest cattle ranch, with 7000 head of cattle on 70 square kilometres (17,000 acres), is in Yaqara, midway between Tavua and Rakiraki. The island of Viti Levu is the only known home of one of the world's largest insects, the Giant Fijian long-horned beetle. The island is susceptible to the effects of climate change.