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Time in Fiji is given by Fiji Time (FJT) (UTC+12:00), as standard time, and UTC+13:00 as daylight saving time. Fiji decides year by year whether it will observe DST, and if so for which dates, which are usually a short period between November or December and January. No DST has been observed since 2020–2021. [1]
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]
Daylight saving time in Fiji. Daylight saving time in Fiji in 2009 started on November 29 and ended on April 26, 2010. For the 2010-2011 summer, DST started on the fourth Sunday in October and ended on the last Sunday in March. [1] and from 2022 third Sunday in November to third Sunday in January. [2]
e. The majority of Fiji 's islands were formed through volcanic activity starting around 150 million years ago. Today, some geothermic activity still occurs on the islands of Vanua Levu and Taveuni. [1] Fiji was settled first by the Lapita culture, around 1,500–1,000 years BC, followed by a large influx of people with predominantly Melanesian ...
Geography of Fiji. Fiji is a group of volcanic islands in the South Pacific, lying about 4,450 kilometres (2,765 mi) southwest of Honolulu and 1,770 km (1,100 mi) north of New Zealand. Of the 332 islands and 522 smaller islets making up the archipelago, about 106 are permanently inhabited. [1] The total land size is 18,272 km 2 (7,055 sq mi).
The Dragons have reached the knockout stages of the World Cup on the last three occasions getting to the semi-finals in 2011 and 2019 and will harbour hopes of making it to the final this time around.
15 November – High Court orders the reinstatement of the constitution. 2001. 1 March – Court of Appeal upholds High Court order reinstating constitution. September – General election held to restore democracy; a plurality won by interim Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase 's Soqosoqo Duavata ni Lewenivanua (SDL).
All three of Fiji's official languages have greatly been influenced by one another, in terms of vocabulary and, in some cases, grammar because of the constant, everyday contact between these languages, now for over a century. Fiji's diverse, multiracial and multilingual makeup make these languages, as well as other unofficial, minority ...