WELLINGTON — Seven tourists including four Australians were hospitalised in a suspected case of alcohol poisoning at a resort in Fiji, the Australian and Fijian governments said on Monday (Dec 16).

The tourists became ill after drinking a cocktail at a resort on the south coast of Viti Levu island, Fiji's government said in a statement.

Local media named the resort as the Warwick Fiji on the Coral Coast, an area popular with foreign tourists.

"This is an extremely isolated incident, affecting only these seven guests at a specific bar within the resort," the Fiji government said.

Last month six foreign tourists died after consuming contaminated alcohol in Laos.

Management at the resort said it had not substituted ingredients or altered the quality of drinks served to guests, the statement said.

"While we understand the concern, we want to emphasise that the tourism experience in Fiji is typically very safe, and we have acted immediately to try and discover the cause of what made these guests, at this resort, fall ill," Fiji's government said.

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