Happy New Year 2024! 24 hours before the eTurboNews staff is opening champaign bottles in Honolulu, neighboring Kiribati is 24 hours ahead of the Aloha State ringing in the year 2024 for the world before any country or region on the globe.
The world just welcomed the Republic of Kiribati as the first country ringing in the year 2024.
Kiribati’s Kiritimati Island – the easternmost of a string of coral islands in the Pacific known as the Line Islands. It’s 2012 km or 1250 miles from Hawaii, the last region in the world, where 2024 will start exactly 24 hours later compared to Kiribati.
The name is derived from the English word “Christmas” written in Gilbertese according to its phonology, giving Kiritimati, commonly referred to as Christmas Island this lead in the world.
It will be followed closely into the new year by its neighboring countries Samoa and Tonga. Kiritimati Island will welcome the year 2024 at exactly 10 am GMT on December 31st, with Tonga and Samoa following an hour later.
Kiribati, also known as the Republic of Kiribati, is a nation made up of islands located in the central Pacific Ocean within the Micronesia subregion of Oceania. As of the 2020 census, the country has a permanent population exceeding 119,000 people, with Tarawa Atoll being home to over half of the population. Kiribati consists of 32 atolls and one isolated raised coral island called Banaba.
Kiribati is for travelers, according to the Kiribati tourism website.
Those who possess an eagerness to explore and uncover, individuals who enjoy venturing off the beaten path to unexplored destinations, and those who seek to comprehend a nation rather than merely observe it. Kiribati will test your perception of an ideal life and introduce you to a simpler way of existence where family and community take precedence.
Kiritimati Island in the east of Kiribati is renowned for its exceptional fishing opportunities, including game and bone fishing. On the other hand, the Gilbert Group of islands in the west offers visitors remarkable cultural experiences that are unlike any other. Tarawa, the capital of Kiribati, is home to historic sites and artifacts that bear witness to the intense Battle of Tarawa, one of the bloodiest conflicts of World War II.
The champaign bottles are open at this time. Happy New Year Kiribati ! Happy New Year Planet Earth !
