“ To the seasoned traveler coming back to Tonga is an adventure in itself why ?, because you the new arrival know what's expected of you , as you go through customs your suitcase is opened you put a bottle of spirit usually 2 , packets of cigarettes on top so that is what custom workers well see first they are gifts for the custom workers that's their share and your home free . WOE to you that don't know the system for you will be slugged with the most outrages custom tariff to pay before your allowed to leave . To the overseas visitor that would be bribery , the workers are corrupt , to us Tongans it's just the way things are . One would suppose its just what we are , we share what we have . We share our food on Sundays , we give out food at funerals , we give out food in practically every occasion so when one comes back from oversea it is expected of him or her to share some of the so called wealth that one brought from overseas . This make up story that you can only enter Tonga with two ( 2 ) suitcases , but if one has more it'll be charged $50 pa'anga a case . That's a whole new " kettle of fish " because the collector of customs has vehemently denied any such directive given to airport custom workers as such , so maybe someone is just doing what everyone else in Government is doing ? ”