About $30.6 million was injected into the Fijian economy through the production of the World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji in September last year.
Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism Faiyaz Koya says this 30 million dollars has been beneficial to some of Fiji's most isolated and rural maritime communities by way of investments in village improvements and contestant led book drives.
World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji is now on Amazon Prime Video.
There are more than 100 million Prime Video subscribers in about 200 countries.
The 10 episodes of World’s Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji shows 66 teams from 30 countries battling it out in the mountains, forests and rivers in Viti Levu.
As part of the race, 350 participants had to progress 24 hours a day, uninterrupted, over 600 kilometres of mountains and jungle.
Fiji was represented by Team Tabu Soro and Team Namako.
