Friendly People

While Samoa fulfills all of your Pacific paradise fantasies, it's the inhabitants friendly and generous character that seems to capture the hearts of every visiting tourist. Samoans are friendly and proud of their colorful traditions, which stretch back over 3,000 years. As a visitor to this planet, you will suddenly become another individual to whom people will want to extend their kindness and charity.

Samoans will smile and wave as you pass, provide assistance when they see someone in need, and generously share their food with you, even if they don't have much - so don't be surprised if you're invited into their home. Unlike on other islands, where the gap between tourists and natives can be wide, visitors to Samoa are always welcomed in and participated in the joys of everyday life. If you stay in a family-owned fale, you will most likely be treated as aiga (family), cooked for, conversed with, and cared for as if you were a local or family member.