I was planning a trip to Fiji, and now there's been a military coup (Again. It's apparently habit-forming.) and tourists are being advised to stay away. Not to mention not wanting to support the economy of a country that regularly overthrows its democratically elected governments...

 ... either way, I think I'll probably have to go to Australia instead. :(

Rob

Since tourism is big business, I agree that tourists need to be responsible in their choice of vacation. Fiji sounds absolutely divine but we can't turn a blind eye to the reality of a country's economic or political state. And especially their record on human rights!

Certainly there is friction as far as the Fijian Indian population vs the Native Fijian population is concerned. From the limited amount of research I've done, this seems to be the driver for most of their political upheaval.

All they have is tourism. You'd think they'd look after it a little better.

Things seem to have settled down a bit now. Flights are back on, and people aren't being warned away anymore... but I'm still not going. :-/

Rob

"At least twelve people have died in the Solomon Islands after a tsunami swept ashore following a strong undersea earthquake in the South Pacific. "

Another good reason not to go there these days...