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The effects of the Asian financial crisis led to a sharp drop in the number of Asian tourists visiting Fiji in 1997 and 1998, which contributed to a substantial drop in gross domestic product. Positive growth returned in 1999, however, aided by a 20% devaluation of the Fijian dollar . 2005 was a record year for the tourism sector, with 9% ...
While Fiji was a British colony, the Colonial Sugar Refining Company brought large numbers of indentured Indian laborers to the islands to work on their sugar plantations. As of 2012, descendants of these laborers make up about half of the population, but before 1987 they outnumbered Indigenous Fijians .
In March 2021, Fiji became the first Pacific island country to receive COVID-19 vaccines through the COVAX initiative with frontline workers and first responders the first to be vaccinated. As of 2 January 2022, more than 600,000 (98%) Fijians have received their first jab of the vaccine and almost 560,000 (92%) Fijians have received their ...
Total damages to crops in the island nation were estimated at AU$6,900 (US$5,000). There were no damages reported on the islands of Wallis and Futuna or Rotuma, while 1 person was killed, 10 people went missing and total damages were estimated at FJ$2 million (US$1.6 million) in Fiji. The main impacts of Joni in Fiji were confined to the ...
Community groups across the Pacific Islands, one of the world's most aid reliant regions, are scrambling to find ways to pay staff after U.S. funding was frozen, organisations in Fiji said.
24 February – Activists and non-governmental organizations report an increase in violence against women and girls since the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated lockdowns and curfews began a year ago. 64% of women in Fiji say they have been victims of some type of abuse. [6] 10 April – The opening of Hanifa Mosque. [7]
A Tennessee man has been sentenced to life in prison in Fiji after being convicted of murdering his wife on their honeymoon in 2022, according to local media.. Bradley Dawson, 40, was convicted of ...
December 17 – Fiji imposes a curfew in anticipation of Cyclone Yasa, a Category 5 storm that is expected to make landfall on December 18. [ 28 ] December 19 – At least four are killed and millions of dollars in damage as Hurricane Yasa slams into Vanua Levu . 16,113 people are unable to return to their homes.