Basics - Rough Guide to Fiji - page 72

Time
Fiji has a single time zone , being twelve hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), an
hour ahead of Sydney and twenty hours ahead of Los Angeles. The sun has a minimal vari-
ation from summer to winter, rising between 5am and 6am and setting from 6pm to 7pm,
always with only a brief period of twilight.
Tourist information
Almost every hotel, resort and hostel in Fiji has its own privately operated tour desk offering
brochures and a booking service.
The government-funded Fiji Visitor Bureau (FVB) provides basic tourist information
through its website fiji.travel . Its head office is sited in an obscure location at the Colonial
Plaza in Namaka, Nadi (Mon-Thurs 8am-4.30pm, Fri 8am-4pm; 672 2433); you can pick
up several useful tourist publications here, including Affordable Guide and Fiji Dive Guide ,
but there are no staff on hand to help with travel enquiries or bookings.
Two of the outer-island regions have established their own privately funded tourism organ-
izations: the Savusavu Tourism Association ( fiji-savusavu.com ) ; and the Taveuni Tourism
Association ( puretaveuni.com ).
VISITOR BUREAU OFFICES OVERSEAS
Australia Level 12, St Martin's Tower, 31 Market St, Sydney 02 9264 3399.
New Zealand 35 Scanlan St, Grey Lynn, Auckland 09 376 2533.
UK Albany House, Albany Crescent, Claygate, Esher, Surrey KT10 0PF 0800 652 2158.
US 5777 West Century Boulevard, Suite 220, Los Angeles, CA 90045 310 568 1616.
USEFUL WEBSITES
fijiguide.com Information on travelling around the islands, including sections on diving
and surfing, as well as entertaining anecdotes.
fiji.travel The official Tourism Fiji website.
islandsbusiness.com Current events and issues affecting Fiji and its Pacific Island neigh-
bours.
roughguides.com Post any of your pre-trip questions - or post-trip suggestions - in
Travel Talk, our online forum for travellers.
spto.org Useful website for sourcing hotels, tours, travel agents and cultural events
throughout the South Pacific.