Editing Aitutaki (section)

==Economy==
Aitutaki is the second largest tourist destination in the Cook Islands, after Rarotonga, receiving 38,777 visitors in 2018.<ref name=mfem>{{cite web |url=http://www.mfem.gov.ck/images/EDS_Aitutaki-Profile-2019.pdf |title=Island Profile: Aitutaki |publisher=Ministry of Finance and Economic management |date= |access-date=16 February 2021}}</ref> As a result, tourism dominates the economy, with 36% of the labour force employed in the restaurant and accommodation sector.<ref name=mfem/>  The government is the next largest employer, employing 21%, with retail and wholesale employing 18% and agriculture, forestry and fishing 6%.<ref name=mfem/>

Aitutaki is connected to the rest of the Cook Islands by [[Aitutaki Airport]] and a port at [[Arutanga]]. In September 2020 Aitutaki was connected to the [[Manatua One Polynesia Fibre Cable]], becoming one of the smallest fibre-connected islands in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pacificonline.org/fibre-switch-over-surfs-up-in-aitutaki/ |title=Fibre switch-over: Surf's up in Aitutaki |publisher=Pacific Online |date=1 September 2020 |access-date=16 February 2021}}</ref>

Since 2000 Aitutaki has served as a filming location for a variety of TV shows, including ''[[Shipwrecked (TV series)|Shipwrecked]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cookislandsnews.com/national/reality-show-filmed-in-ci/ |title=Reality show filmed in CI |publisher=Cook Islands News |date=21 May 2011 |access-date=16 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cookislandsnews.com/local/shipwrecked-showcases-our-little-paradise/ |title=Shipwrecked showcases our little paradise |publisher=Cook Islands News |date=28 January 2019 |access-date=16 February 2021}}</ref> ''[[Survivor: Cook Islands]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/162142/survivor-reality-tv-programme-to-be-filmed-in-cook-islands |title=Survivor reality TV programme to be filmed in Cook Islands |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=18 May 2006 |access-date=16 February 2021}}</ref> and ''[[Survivorman]]''.

In 2019 a 750&nbsp;kW solar array was installed as part of a plan to transition the island to [[100% renewable energy]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cookislandsnews.com/item/72473-aitutaki-solar-farm-panels-installed/72473-aitutaki-solar-farm-panels-installed |title=Aitutaki solar farm panels installed |publisher=Cook Islands News |date=15 April 2019 |access-date=20 July 2020}}</ref>