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The local population live from farming, livestock and fishing, while crops grown in the region include cassava, [[Madagascar Vanilla|vanilla]], maize, rice and peanut.
Vohemar has a hospital and an important maritime harbour. A [[Bank of Africa]], two internet access facilities and a nightclub named [[Cristal]] (formerly Zanzibar) can be found in town. There is a domestic airport but which that is not serviced with regular flights but can be accessed with [[Private Charter Flights|private planes]]. Approximately one small plane a week land and take off here.
One way to reach Vohemar by road is coming from [[Sambava]]. The distance is 155km. The road from [[Diego Suarez]] is in poor condition during the rainy season at which time Vohemar may only be accessible by air or sea.