Editing Tuvalu (section)

==Economy and government services==
{{main|Economy of Tuvalu}}

===Economy===
[[File:National Bank of Tuvalu.jpg|thumb|[[National Bank of Tuvalu]]]]
From 1996 to 2002, Tuvalu was one of the best-performing Pacific Island economies and achieved an average real gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 5.6% per annum. Economic growth slowed after 2002, with GDP growth of 1.5% in 2008. Tuvalu was exposed to rapid rises in world prices of fuel and food in 2008, with the level of inflation peaking at 13.4%.<ref name="IMF 2010">{{cite web |title=Tuvalu: 2010 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Tuvalu |url=https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.aspx?sk=24632.0 |publisher=International Monetary Fund Country Report No. 11/46 |date=8 February 2011 |access-date=4 September 2011}}</ref> Tuvalu has the smallest total GDP of any sovereign state in the world.<ref name="IMF Groups">{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2016/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=58&pr.y=19&sy=2015&ey=2015&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=001%2C998&s=NGDPD&grp=1&a=1 |title=Report for Selected Country Groups and Subjects |work=[[World Economic Outlook]] |publisher=[[International Monetary Fund]] |date=April 2016}}</ref>

Tuvalu joined the [[International Monetary Fund]] (IMF) on 24 June 2010.<ref name="IMF16">{{cite web |title=Tuvalu Accepts Article VIII Obligations |url=https://www.imf.org/en/News/Articles/2016/11/03/PR16483-Tuvalu-Accepts-Article-VIII-Obligations#.WB2oJsXMZSo.facebook |publisher=International Monetary Fund press release no. 16/483 |date=3 November 2016 |access-date=25 February 2017}}</ref> The IMP 2010 Report on Tuvalu estimates that Tuvalu experienced zero growth in its 2010 GDP, after the economy contracted by about 2% in 2009.<ref name="IMF 2010"/> On 5 August 2012, the executive board of the IMF concluded the Article IV consultation with Tuvalu, and assessed the economy of Tuvalu: "A slow recovery is underway in Tuvalu, but there are important risks. GDP grew in 2011 for the first time since the global financial crisis, led by the private retail sector and education spending."<ref name="IMF55">{{cite book |title=Tuvalu: 2012 Article IV Consultation—IMF Country Report No. 12/259: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2012 Article IV Consultation with Tuvalu |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2012/cr12259.pdf |date=September 2012 |publisher=International Monetary Fund |page=55}}</ref> The IMF 2014 Country Report noted that real GDP growth in Tuvalu had been volatile averaging only 1 per cent in the past decade. The 2014 Country Report describes economic growth prospects as generally positive as the result of large revenues from fishing licences, together with substantial foreign aid.<ref name="IMF2014">{{cite web |title=Tuvalu: 2014 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Tuvalu |url=https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/scr/2014/cr14253.pdf |publisher=International Monetary Fund Country Report No. 14/253 |date=5 August 2014 |access-date=21 March 2016}}</ref> In 2023, the IMF Article IV consultation with Tuvalu concluded that a successful vaccination strategy allowed Tuvalu to lift coronavirus disease (COVID) containment measures at the end of 2022. However, the economic cost of the pandemic was significant, with real gross domestic product growth falling from 13.8% in 2019 to -4.3 percent in 2020, although it recovered to 1.8% in 2021.<ref name="B2023-1">{{cite web |title=Tuvalu: 2023 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Tuvalu |url=https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2023/07/19/Tuvalu-2023-Article-IV-Consultation-Press-Release-Staff-Report-and-Statement-by-the-536777 |publisher=International Monetary Fund Country Report No. 2023/267 |pages=1–4 |date=21 July 2023 |access-date=24 September 2023}}</ref> Inflation rose to 11.5% in 2022, but is projected to fall to 2.8% by 2028.<ref name="B2023-1"/>

The increase in inflation in 2022 was due to the rapid rise in the cost of food resulting from a drought that affected food production and from rising global food prices, following Russia's invasion of Ukraine (food imports represent 19 percent of Tuvalu's GDP, while agriculture makes up for only 10 percent of GDP).<ref name="B2023-1"/>

The government is the primary provider of medical services through [[Princess Margaret Hospital (Funafuti)|Princess Margaret Hospital]] on Funafuti, which operates health clinics on the other islands. Banking services are provided by the [[National Bank of Tuvalu]]. Public sector workers make up about 65% of those formally employed. Remittances from Tuvaluans living in Australia and New Zealand, and remittances from Tuvaluan sailors employed on overseas ships are important sources of income for Tuvaluans.<ref name=AusAID>{{cite web |url=http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/country.cfm?CountryId=22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320052433/http://www.ausaid.gov.au/country/country.cfm?CountryId=22 |archive-date=20 March 2012 |title=Australian Government: AusAID (Tuvalu) |access-date=1 September 2011}}</ref> Approximately 15% of adult males work as seamen on foreign-flagged merchant ships. [[Agriculture in Tuvalu]] is focused on [[coconut]] trees and growing [[pulaka]] in large pits of composted soil below the water table. Tuvaluans are otherwise involved in traditional subsistence agriculture and fishing.

Tuvaluans are well known for their seafaring skills, with the [[Tuvalu Maritime Training Institute]] on [[Amatuku]] [[islet|motu]] (island), Funafuti, providing training to approximately 120 marine cadets each year so that they have the skills necessary for employment as seafarers on merchant shipping. The [[Tuvalu Overseas Seamen's Union]] (TOSU) is the only registered trade union in Tuvalu. It represents workers on foreign ships. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) estimates that 800 Tuvaluan men are trained, certified and active as seafarers. The ADB estimates that, at any one time, about 15% of the adult male population works abroad as seafarers.<ref name="ADB2011">{{cite web |title=Maritime Training Project: Program Completion Reports |date=September 2011 |publisher=Asian Development Bank |url=http://www.adb.org/projects/documents/maritime-training-project-0 |access-date=28 January 2013}}</ref> Job opportunities also exist as observers on tuna boats where the role is to monitor compliance with the boat's tuna fishing licence.<ref name="TO0315">{{cite web |last=Dornan |first=Matthew |work=The Conversation |title=The Pacific islands 'tuna cartel' is boosting jobs by watching fish |date=4 March 2015 |url=http://theconversation.com/the-pacific-islands-tuna-cartel-is-boosting-jobs-by-watching-fish-38177 |access-date=10 March 2015}}</ref>

Government revenues largely come from sales of fishing licences, income from the [[Tuvalu Trust Fund]], and from the lease of its "[[.tv]]" internet [[Top Level Domain]] (TLD). Tuvalu began deriving revenue from the commercialisation of its ".tv" internet domain name,<ref name="Conway">{{cite journal |author=Conway, James M. |url=http://www.islandstudies.ca/sites/islandstudies.ca/files/ISJ-10-2-Conway.pdf |title=Entrepreneurship, Tuvalu, development and .tv: a response |journal=Island Studies Journal |volume=10 |issue=2 |year=2015 |pages=229–252 |doi=10.24043/isj.329 |s2cid=248650961 |access-date=25 February 2017 |archive-date=19 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019015241/https://www.islandstudies.ca/sites/islandstudies.ca/files/ISJ-10-2-Conway.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> which was managed by [[Verisign]] until 2021.<ref>{{cite web |first=Michael H. |last=Berkens |url=http://www.thedomains.com/2012/02/25/verisign-renews-contract-with-tuvalu-to-run-tv-registry-through-2021/ |title=Verisign Renews Contract With Tuvalu To Run .TV Registry Through 2021 |date=25 February 2012 |publisher=The Domains |access-date=27 February 2012}}</ref><ref name=WP01219>{{cite news |first=Alexander |last=Lee |title=Tuvalu is a tiny island nation of 11,000 people. It's cashing in thanks to Twitch |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=23 December 2019 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/video-games/2019/12/23/tuvalu-is-tiny-island-nation-people-its-cashing-thanks-twitch/ |access-date=26 December 2019}}</ref> In 2023, an agreement between the government of Tuvalu and the [[GoDaddy]] company, outsourced the marketing, sales, promotion and branding of the [[.tv]] domain to the [[Tuvalu Telecommunications Corporation]], which established a .tv unit.<ref name="DFA23-TV">{{cite web |last= |first= |title=.tv Unit at Tuvalu Telecommunications Corporation |publisher=Department of Foreign Affairs - Government of Tuvalu |page= |date=13 December 2023 |url=https://dfa.gov.tv/index.php/2022/12/13/tv-unit-at-tuvalu-telecommunications-corporation/ |access-date=25 November 2023}}</ref> Tuvalu also generates income from postage stamps by the [[Tuvalu Philatelic Bureau]], and from the [[Tuvalu Ship Registry]].

The [[Tuvalu Trust Fund]] (TTF) was established in 1987 by the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.<ref name="Goldsmith" /> The TTF is a sovereign wealth fund that is owned by Tuvalu but is administered by an international board and the government of Tuvalu. When the performance of the TTF exceeds its operating target each year, excess funds are transferred to the Consolidated Investment Fund (CIF), and can be freely drawn upon by the Tuvaluan government to finance budgetary expenditures.<ref name="B2023-3">{{cite web |title=Tuvalu: 2023 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Tuvalu |url=https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2023/07/19/Tuvalu-2023-Article-IV-Consultation-Press-Release-Staff-Report-and-Statement-by-the-536777 |publisher=International Monetary Fund Country Report No. 2023/267 |page=6 |date=21 July 2023 |access-date=24 September 2023}}</ref> In 2022, the value of the Tuvalu Trust Fund is approximately $190&nbsp;million.<ref name="B2023-3"/> In 2021 the market value of the TTF rose by 12 percent to its highest level on record (261 percent of GDP). However, the volatility in global equity markets in 2022 resulted in the TTF's value falling by 7 percent as compared to the end of 2021.<ref name="B2023-3"/>

Financial support to Tuvalu is also provided by Japan, South Korea and the [[European Union]]. Australia and New Zealand continue to contribute capital to the TTF, and provide other forms of development assistance.<ref name=AusAID/><ref name="Goldsmith" />

The [[U.S. government]] is also a major revenue source for Tuvalu. In 1999, the payment from the South Pacific Tuna Treaty (SPTT) was about $9&nbsp;million, with the value increasing in the following years. In May 2013, representatives from the United States and the Pacific Islands countries agreed to sign interim arrangement documents to extend the Multilateral Fisheries Treaty (which encompasses the South Pacific Tuna Treaty) for 18 months.<ref name="RA160513">{{cite web |last=Coutts |first=Geraldine |work=Radio Australia |title=US signs new tuna agreement with the Pacific |date=16 May 2013 |url=http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/international/radio/program/pacific-beat/us-signs-new-tuna-agreement-with-the-pacific/1131586 |access-date=3 September 2013}}</ref>

The United Nations designates Tuvalu as a [[least developed country]] (LDC) because of its limited potential for economic development, absence of exploitable resources and its small size and vulnerability to external economic and environmental shocks.<ref name=unohrlls>{{cite web |url=http://www.unohrlls.org/ |title=United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States |work=SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES: Small Islands Big(ger) Stakes |publisher=UN-OHRLLS |year=2011 |access-date=1 September 2010 |archive-date=1 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160101141932/http://unohrlls.org/ |url-status=usurped}}</ref> Tuvalu participates in the Enhanced Integrated Framework for Trade-Related Technical Assistance to Least Developed Countries (EIF), which was established in October 1997 under the auspices of the [[World Trade Organization|World Trade Organisation]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.un.org/wcm/webdav/site/ldc/shared/Tuvalu.pdf |title=Tuvalu – Draft Country Review Paper, Implementation in Asia and the Pacific of the Brussels Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade 2001–2010: progress made, obstacles encountered and the way forward |date=8 January 2010 |publisher=The United Nations |access-date=24 October 2011}}</ref> In 2013, Tuvalu deferred its graduation from [[least developed country]] (LDC) status to a [[developing country]] to 2015. [[Enele Sopoaga]], the prime minister in 2013, said that this deferral was necessary to maintain access by Tuvalu to the funds provided by the United Nations's [[National Adaptation Programme of Action]] (NAPA), as "Once Tuvalu graduates to a developed country, it will not be considered for funding assistance for [[climate change adaptation]] programmes like NAPA, which only goes to LDCs". Tuvalu had met targets so that Tuvalu was to graduate from LDC status. Enele Sopoaga wanted the United Nations to reconsider its criteria for graduation from LDC status as not enough weight is given to the environmental plight of small island states like Tuvalu in the application of the [[Environmental Vulnerability Index]] (EVI).<ref name="RNZ230913">{{cite web |work=Radio New Zealand International |title=Tuvalu wants changes in assessment of LDC criteria |date=23 September 2013 |url=http://www.rnzi.com/pages/news.php?op=read&id=79324 |access-date=24 September 2013}}</ref>

===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.

===Telecommunications and media===
{{main|Telecommunications in Tuvalu}}
{{see also|List of newspapers in Tuvalu}}
The [[Tuvalu Media Corporation|Tuvalu Media Department]] of the Government of Tuvalu operates ''Radio Tuvalu'' which broadcasts from Funafuti.<ref name="pacmas2"/> In 2011, the Japanese government provided financial support to construct a new [[AM broadcasting|AM]] broadcast studio. The installation of upgraded transmission equipment allows Radio Tuvalu to be heard on all nine islands of Tuvalu. The new AM radio transmitter on Funafuti replaced the FM radio service to the outer islands and freed up satellite bandwidth for mobile services.<ref name="FTMN" /> ''Fenui – news from Tuvalu'' is a free digital publication of the Tuvalu Media Department that is emailed to subscribers and operates a Facebook page, which publishes news about government activities and news about Tuvaluan events.

[[Communications in Tuvalu]] rely on satellite dishes for telephone, television, and internet access. The [[Tuvalu Telecommunications Corporation]] (TTC) is a state-owned enterprise that provides fixed line telephone communications to subscribers on each island, mobile phone services on [[Funafuti]], [[Vaitupu]] and [[Nukulaelae]], and is a distributor of the [[Fiji Television]] service ([[Sky Pacific]] satellite television service).<ref name="FTMN" />

In July 2020, the Government of Tuvalu signed a five-year agreement with [[Kacific Broadband Satellites]] to supply Tuvalu with [[internet]] via sixty 1.2&nbsp;metre [[Very-small-aperture terminal|VSAT]] satellite receivers.<ref name="Kacific2020">{{cite web |url=https://kacific.com/news/tuvalu-government-signs-agreement-with-kacific-for-wide-ranging-suite-of-connectivity-services/ |title=Tuvalu Government signs agreement with Kacific for wide-ranging suite of connectivity services |publisher=Press Release: Kacific Broadband Satellites Group |date=22 July 2020 |access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref> The agreement provided a combined [[Data-rate units|data transfer capacity]] of 400 to 600&nbsp;Mbit/s to schools, medical clinics, government agencies, small businesses, and 40 outdoor [[Wi-Fi hotspot]]s, as well as Tuvaluan interisland ferries via three maritime antennae.<ref name="Kacific2020"/> A [[Ka band]] antenna was installed to provide the island's mobile phone network with [[trunking]] and [[Backhaul (telecommunications)|backhaul]] services.<ref name="Kacific2020"/> By February 2022, Kacific and Agility Beyond Space (ABS) satellites provided the island with a combined capacity of 510&nbsp;Mbit/s.<ref name=ABS21>{{cite web |first= |last= |title=ABS Will Provide High-Speed Connectivity To Tuvalu Pacific Islands |work=satnews |date=3 March 2021 |url=https://news.satnews.com/2021/03/03/abs-will-provide-high-speed-connectivity-to-tuvalu-pacific-islands/ |access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref> <!--Information about the contract with ABS should also be mentioned above, as the figure of 510 Mbit/s is what the Kacific contract should have been supplying the island with on its own.-->

The average download of data per device is about 9&nbsp;GB/user/month, with 95% of devices in use supporting 4G LTE service.<ref name=AM22>{{cite web |first= |last= |title=Tuvalu: Telecommunications and ICT Development Project (P159395) Virtual Support Mission - Aide-Memoire |work=World Bank |date=23 February 2022 |url=https://cpmo.gov.tv/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/TICT-Aide-Memoire.pdf |access-date=14 March 2024}}</ref> Also, Tuvalu has 5,915 active broadband users (the largest base of users is on Funafuti), with dedicated satellite and hotspot users on the outer islands, each of which having three to five hotspots.<ref name=AM22/>

===Transport===
[[File:Manu Folau off Vaitupu Harbour, Tuvalu.JPG|thumb|''Manu Folau'' off [[Vaitupu]] atoll (2006)]]

There are limited transport services in Tuvalu. There are about {{convert|8|km|mi|0|spell=in|abbr=off}} of roads.<ref name=CIA/> The streets of Funafuti were paved in mid-2002, but other roads are unpaved. Tuvalu does not have any railways.

Funafuti is the only port, but there is a deep-water berth in the lagoon at [[Nukufetau]]. Landing passengers and cargo on some of the islands is difficult as the reef islands do not have a lagoon that shipping can enter or the atoll's lagoon does not have navigable channels. Landing on these islands involves passengers and cargo being transferred from ships to workboats for delivery to landing points on the islands. In May 2023 the Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP) approved the payment of AUD$21.4m (US$15m) for a AUD$120.6m (US$84.4m) Asian Development Bank (ADB) led fund to finance the construction of passenger and cargo facilities on Pacific Islands. The AIFFP funds, together with AUD$11m (US$7.2m) of in-kind contribution from the Government of Tuvalu, are allocated to complete a project at [[Niutao]] and to implement a project at [[Nui (atoll)|Nui]], to construct workboat harbors, including constructing a navigation channel, boat ramp, passenger terminal, cargo shed, as well as shoreline reclamation.<ref name="AIFFP-23">{{cite news |url=https://www.aiffp.gov.au/investments/investment-list/enhancing-boat-harbours-across-tuvalu |title=Enhancing boat harbours across Tuvalu Nui and Niutao islands, Tuvalu |work=Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP) |date=5 May 2023 |access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref><ref name="AIFFP-24-1">{{cite news |url=https://www.aiffp.gov.au/news/aiffp-funds-released-improve-maritime-transport-infrastructure-nui-and-niutao-outer-islands-tuvalu |title=AIFFP funds released to improve maritime transport infrastructure Nui and Niutao outer islands in Tuvalu |work=Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific (AIFFP) |date=11 January 2024 |access-date=3 February 2024}}</ref>

The [[merchant marine]] fleet consists of two passenger/cargo ships, ''Nivaga III'' and ''Manu Folau'', both of which were donated by Japan. They provide round-trip visits to the outer islands every three or four weeks, and travel between [[Suva]], Fiji and Funafuti three or four times a year. ''Manu Folau'' is a 50-metre vessel. In 2015 ''Nivaga III'' replaced ''Nivaga II'', which had been in service in Tuvalu from 1989.<ref name="FSO0316">{{cite web |last=Moceituba |first=Atasa |title=Brand-new vessel for Tuvalu |work=The Fiji Times |date=3 February 2016 |url=http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=340189 |access-date=17 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160324094852/http://www.fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=340189 |archive-date=24 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="PN0507">{{cite web |title=Kiribati private business buys Tuvalu's Nivaga II to operate in Kiribati |work=RADIO KIRIBATI/PACNEWS |date=25 May 2017 |url=http://www.pina.com.fj/index.php?p=pacnews&m=read&o=93141604659265acd9a8aa537778fa |access-date=25 May 2017}}</ref>

In 2020, the government of Tuvalu purchased a landing barge, which is intended to transport of [[dangerous goods]] and building material from the capital to the outer islands. The barge was named ''Moeiteava''. The government of Taiwan provided financial assistance.<ref name="TPTV2021-1">{{cite web |url=https://tuvaluparadise.tv/2021/01/29/lct-moeiteava-christened-and-commissioned/ |title=LCT 'Moeiteava' Christened And Commissioned |publisher=Tuvalu Paradise – Issue No. 06/2021 |date=29 January 2021 |access-date=8 March 2021 |archive-date=7 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807120850/https://tuvaluparadise.tv/2021/01/29/lct-moeiteava-christened-and-commissioned/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The Tuvalu Fisheries Department operates two vessels for carrying out its activities within the country's exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and outer islands. These are the 18-metre ''Manaui'' and 32-metre ''Tala Moana''. The vessels are used for fisheries research, deploying fish aggregating devices (FADs), visiting outer islands for monitoring and consultations, including to implement Tuvalu's [[National Adaptation Programme of Action]] (NAPA) to [[climate change mitigation|address climate change]].<ref name="TF2020-2">{{cite web |last= |first= |title=Our Organisation: Plans for 2021 |publisher=Tuvalu Fisheries (Tuvalu Ministry of Natural Resources) |page= |date=1 February 2020 |url=https://tuvalufisheries.tv/news/page/4/ |access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref> The ''Manaui'' was procured through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) in 1989 and is nearing the end of its life.<ref name="TF2018-1">{{cite web |last= |first= |title=Replacement of the RV Manaui TFD extension vessel |publisher=Tuvalu Fisheries (Tuvalu Ministry of Natural Resources) |page= |date=19 January 2018 |url=https://tuvalufisheries.tv/news/page/7/ |access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref> In 2015, the [[United Nations Development Program]] (UNDP) provided assistance to acquire ''Tala Moana'';<ref name="UNDP15">{{cite web |title=UNDP Supports Tuvalu Ship |work=Fiji Sun Online |date=15 January 2016 |url=http://fijisun.com.fj/2016/01/15/undp-supports-tuvalu-ship/ |access-date=15 January 2016}}</ref> which is also used for Monitoring Control and Surveillance (MCS) patrols.<ref name="TF2019-11">{{cite web |last= |first= |title=Dry-docking RV Tala Moana |publisher=Tuvalu Fisheries (Tuvalu Ministry of Natural Resources) |page= |date=1 November 2019 |url=https://tuvalufisheries.tv/news/page/4/ |access-date=11 August 2021}}</ref> ''Tala Moana'' is a steel monohull oil rig supply vessel that is equipped with facilities for a team of about 15 people.<ref name="JJB">{{cite web |last=Bellamy |first=Jean-Joseph |title=Terminal Evaluation of the UNDP-GEF-Government of Tuvalu Project "Effective and responsive island-level governance to secure and diversify climate resilient marine- based coastal livelihoods and enhance climate hazard response capacity" |publisher=United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) / Tuvalu Department of the Environment |page=27 |date=10 June 2019 |url=https://www.gefieo.org/sites/default/files/documents/projects/tes/4714-terminal-evaluation.pdf |access-date=10 November 2023}}</ref>

The only international airport in Tuvalu is [[Funafuti International Airport]]. [[Fiji Airways]] operates services to Funafuti International Airport.<ref name="FTMN2">{{cite web |author1=Andrew McIntyre |author2=Brian Bell |author3=Solofa Uota |publisher=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> Fiji Airways operates services three times a week (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) between [[Suva]] and Funafuti with [[ATR 72|ATR 72-600]] aircraft, which has a capacity of 72 passengers. Beginning 18 March 2024, flights also operate on Mondays between [[Nadi]] and Funafuti.<ref name="FJ">{{cite web |title=Fiji Airways Schedules Regular Nadi – Funafuti Service in 2024 |url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231227-fjns24fun |website=Aeroroutes |access-date=27 December 2023}}</ref>