The islands are too small and remote to support a large tourist industry , though some travellers do come here. Many women have small businesses selling handicrafts. A major source of income is the money sent to relatives from Tuvaluans who are working abroad. Significant government revenues come from the sale of licenses to foreign fleets for fishing in the region's skipjack tuna. Wage-earning opportunities are mostly in the government sector.
Most people get around by bicycle or motorbike, or on foot.
Only a small number of trucks, tractors, and emergency vehicles travel the mostly gravel roads. A minibus and a taxi run between the government centre at Vaiaku and the wharf on Funafuti Atoll . Flights from the Funafuti Atoll airport go to Kiribati and Fiji for connection with international carriers. Radio Tuvalu, a public AM station, broadcasts 40 hours per week, including local programmes in English and Tuvaluan, and twice-daily world news from Radio Australia. Funafuti Atoll has an extensive telephone service, while the outer islands communicate by radio-telephones.