.. Photo: RNZ PACIFIC/Lice Movono
Fiji is reopening to tourists today with four plane loads of approximately 800 people expected over the first 24 hours of the country reopening its borders to international tourists.
Welcome Home to Fiji which is 'Open For Happiness'. That is the message Tourism Fiji and its stakeholders are selling to holiday makers in its Travel Partner Countries.
Operation #OpenForHapiness is a go! Several media colleague & 500 other Australians are ready to board flights to #Fiji today starting with the 6am @FijiAirways flight out of Sydney. Didn’t think this day would come until 2022 but here we are! #FijiNews #TravelFiji #COVIDtravel pic.twitter.com/soGZh7LAfs
— Lice Movono (@LiceMovono) November 30, 2021
There are four flights into Fiji, 2 from Sydney, one in the morning and the other in the afternoon. A flight from Melbourne will arrive get in just after midnight and a large flight from Los Angeles early on December 2.
There she is! @FijiAirways out of Sydney carrying the first tourists back to #Fiji since #covid19 halted global travel 20 months ago! At 90% full vaccination coverage, @TourismFiji says #Fiji is #OpenForHappiness with 800 guests expected over the 24 hours! #FijiNews @Em_Dawn pic.twitter.com/us7KnW0D9r
— Lice Movono (@LiceMovono) November 30, 2021
Despite fears the new Covid-19 variant Omicron has spread into the community in New South Wales where the first flight of tourists come from, Fiji said it is ready to receive visitors.
Visitors are being treated to a water salute and traditional ceremonies of welcome befitting honoured guests.
Meanwhile over 800 tourism operators in the country have completed Tourism Fiji's Care Fiji Commitment programme (CFC).
The CFC ensures all services which tourists may encounter are fully compliant and well trained.
