Travel of French tourists to French Polynesia is being suspended because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
French Polynesia keen to revive stalled tourism Photo: FB Tahiti Tourisme
The French High Commission in French Polynesia said while urgent travel from France continued to be allowed, trips for what it described as the economic recovery of French Polynesia, were banned until further notice.
Last month, France imposed a nation-wide lockdown but exempted French Polynesia despite it being worst hit by the pandemic.
There has been no comment from the government in French Polynesia, which last week said it would focus its tourism promotion on attracting visitors from the United States and France.
The two countries provided 90 percent of the 28,000 tourists who arrived since the reopening of the border in mid-July when quarantine requirements were abolished.
Since the reopening, there have been more than 11,000 Covid-19 cases, including 52 deaths.
More than 100 people are now in hospital because of the virus.
The number of cases has increased by 169 since yesterday, raising the tally to 11,316.
Of the 103 people in hospital, 24 are in intensive care.
The virus is concentrated on Tahiti but has spread across all archipelagos.
All but 62 cases were detected after the borders were reopened in July and mandatory quarantine requirements were abolished.
A nightly curfew has been in place since late last month and meetings in public are limited to six people.
