- Travel Advice
DFAT advice for Fiji
When travelling to Fiji, you should always get travel insurance in case the worst happens. To help you ensure you travel safely, we have included the travel advice from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for Fiji.
| Fiji overall | This Advice is current for Monday, 08 September 2008. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Be alert to own security | Exercise caution | High degree of caution | Reconsider your need to travel | Do not travel |
| Suva | ||||
| Be alert to own security | Exercise caution | High degree of caution | Reconsider your need to travel | Do not travel |
This advice has been reviewed and reissued. The overall level of the advice has not changed.
[top]Summary
- We advise you to exercise caution in Fiji due to the unresolved political situation and deterioration in the rule of law following the December 2006 military coup.
- Pay close attention to your personal security and monitor the media for information about possible new safety or security risks.
- We advise you to exercise a high degree of caution in Suva due to the unresolved political situation in Fiji. Any adverse political event in Fiji could lead without warning to an outbreak of violence and civil unrest, in particular in and around Suva.
- You should avoid demonstrations, street rallies and public gatherings as such events could result in civil disorder.
- You should avoid military installations, military activity and concentrations of military personnel around Suva.
- Actions taken by the military and other government organisations since the coup have undermined the protections ordinarily afforded by the rule of law and have affected the interests and welfare of Australians in some instances.
- There have been reports of increases in violent crime. Expatriates and tourists have been targeted, particularly in Suva. You should maintain a high degree of personal security awareness.
- Credible threats have been made against the Australian High Commission and its staff in Suva.
- The Australian Government has authorised the voluntary departure of the dependants of Australia-based staff in the Australian High Commission in Suva, if they wish to leave.
- Cyclone season is November to April. See the Natural Disasters section below for more detailed advice.
- Be a smart traveller. Before heading overseas:
- organise comprehensive travel insurance and check what circumstances and activities are not covered by your policy
- register your travel and contact details, so we can contact you in an emergency
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