Travel & technology
Electric power
- Plug shape
- Voltage
- 240V, 50Hz
Phone dialing
- Code to call Tonga
- +676
What every visitor should know about Tonga:
- Money
- The currency is the Tongan pa'anga (TOP). 1 TOP is worth about US$0.54, or €0.38.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 5 out of 5 (Very safe)
Areas of concern:
- Pick-pocketing / bag-snatching
- Capital
- Nuku'alofa
- Tap water
- Safe in cities, but bottled water is advisable in rural areas.
Tonga facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 120,898
- Language
- Tongan, English
- Ethnicity
- Polynesian, Europeans
Economy
- GDP
- US$4,400 (per capita)