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Wallis and Futuna tourist information with details about travel to and around the islands. Where to stay and what to see is made easier with insider tips and hand-selected Wallis and Futuna links, by dedicated editors and visitors to TravelNotes.org - The Online Guide to Travel.
Wallis and Futuna is made up of two groups of volcanic islands a couple of hundred kilometres apart. The overseas French territory is located north-east of Fiji, west of Western Samoa, and south of Tuvalu.
The islanders have had French citizenship since the early 1960's. For some, Tahiti, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna are idyllic tropical islands with a French flavour, while for others they represent continuing French colonialism, thwarted independence movements and nuclear testing. British explorer Samuel Wallis visited the area in the early 1700's. The main island in Wallis is Uvea, and there about 20 smaller islands and islets. Mata UtuThe capital of the territory is on Wallis Island. Two Dutch navigators first sighted the mountainous islands of Futuna and Alofi in 1617. April is the start of hurricane season.
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