Vanuatu Travel and Tourism
Vanuatu , officially the Republic of Vanuatu , is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. The archipelago, which is of volcanic origin, is some 1,750Â kilometres east of northern Australia, 500Â kilometres north-east of New Caledonia, west of Fiji, and southeast of the Solomon Islands, near New Guinea.
Vanuatu was first inhabited by Melanesian people. Europeans began to settle in the area in the late 18th century. In the 1880s France and the United Kingdom claimed parts of the country, and in 1906 they agreed on a framework for jointly managing the archipelago as the New Hebrides through a British-French Condominium. An independence movement arose in the 1970s, and the Republic of Vanuatu was created in 1980.
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Because of a long history of inter island and inter village trading, many ni-Vanua... -
Kava is a soporific drink made from the root of a plant related to the pepper tree. It... -
Many of the islands of Vanuatu have been inhabited for thousands of years, the olde... -
Tired of the same old holiday pub food or hotel buffet fare? Dining in Vanuatu is ... -
Special purchases include grass skirts from Futuna and Tanna, baskets and mats fro... -
Choose to get married in one of our Tropical Island’s. The choi... -
Epi is a peaceful island with beautiful white sandy coves, many white and some b... -
Vanuatu has a parliamentary democracy political system which is currently headed b... -
This excellent museum and cultural centre is home to a well-displayed selec... -
Christianity is the predominant religion in Vanuatu, consisting of several denomin...