Editing Tuvalu (section)

===Tourism===
{{see also|Funafuti Conservation Area|Public holidays in Tuvalu|Visa policy of Tuvalu}}
[[File:View from Hotel room.jpg|thumb|Funafuti lagoon (''Te Namo'')]]
Due to the country's remoteness, tourism is not significant. Visitors totalled 1,684 in 2010: 65% were on business, development officials or technical consultants, 20% were tourists (360 people), and 11% were expatriates returning to visit family.<ref name="FTMN">{{cite web |author1=Andrew McIntyre |author2=Brian Bell |author3=Solofa Uota |name-list-style=amp |work=Government of Tuvalu |title="Fakafoou – To Make New": Tuvalu Infrastructure Strategy and Investment Plan |date=February 2012 |url=https://www.theprif.org/sites/default/files/2020-08/Tuvalu%20Infrastructure%20Strategy%20and%20Investment%20Plan%202012.pdf |access-date=11 February 2024}}</ref> In 2016, the number of visitors had increased to 2,000.<ref name="UNWTO17">{{cite book |year=2017 |doi=10.18111/9789284419029 |isbn=9789284419029 |title=UNWTO Tourism Highlights: 2017 Edition |url=https://tede.ufrrj.br/jspui/handle/jspui/5202 |last1=Magalhães |first1=Bianca dos Santos}}</ref>

The main island of Funafuti is the focus of travellers, since the only airport in Tuvalu is the [[Funafuti International Airport]] and Funafuti is the only island that has hotel facilities.<ref>[http://www.timelesstuvalu.com/ Tuvalu's official tourism website]. Timelesstuvalu.com. Retrieved 14 July 2013.</ref> However, there are no tour guides, tour operators or organised activities and no cruise ships visit.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.traveller.com.au/up-close-and-personal-in-tuvalu-gn445o |title=Between Australia and Hawaii, the world's tiniest paradise |first=Louise |last=Southerden |date=29 June 2016 |website=Traveller}}</ref> [[Ecotourism]] is a motivation of travellers to Tuvalu. The [[Funafuti Conservation Area]] consists of {{convert|12.74|sqmi|km2|2|abbr=off}} of ocean, reef, lagoon, channel and six uninhabited islets.

The outer atolls can be visited on the two passenger-cargo ships, ''Nivaga III'' and ''Manú Folau'', which provide round-trip visits to the outer islands every three or four weeks. There is guesthouse accommodation on many of the outer islands.