28 March 2003Apia Harbor
36 Hours to Paradise?

The boat from Tokelau is back in the harbor. It comes around every few weeks or so. It makes supply trips from Samoa to Tokelau bringing along the occasional tourist willing to suffer the 36 journey in less than forgiving seas to a "country" where there's no capital city, no airport, no harbor, no cars, no banks, no guns and no tourism. Sounds like paradise to me. Here are the specs:


Full country name: Tokelau
Area: 12 sq km (4.7 sq mi)
Population: 1500 (growth rate -0.89%)
Capital city: none
People: Polynesian
Language: Tokelauan, English
Religion: 70% Congregational Church, 28% Roman Catholic
Government: Non-selfgoverning territory under NZ administration
Administrator: Lindsay Watt
Head of State: Queen Elizabeth II of the UK
Head of Tokelau (Ulu o Tokelau): Alika Faipule Falimateao
GDP: US$630,000
GDP per head: US$420
Major industries: Philately, copra, handicrafts, fishing licences
Major trading partner: New Zealand

Posted by andrew at March 28, 2003 05:29 PM


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