Sugar Industry

Lautoka is Fiji's second-largest city and the gateway to the Yasawa Islands — a working sugar town with a large Indo-Fijian community, good markets, and more character than most tourists expect.

The sugar industry did not just build Fiji's economy — it reshaped its population, its politics, and its culture. Here is the story of sugar in Fiji, from colonial plantations to the heritage you can see today.