French Polynesia

The first flight carrying tourists to French Polynesia has arrived from the United States - four months after Covid‐19 shut down commercial air travel.

French Polynesia has lifted the seven-day mandatory quarantine for incoming travellers to boost its struggling tourism sector.

An estimated 3000 visitors are expected in French Polynesia by the end of this month as the territory opens up for international travel this week.

A Brazilian man is being held in French Polynesia charged with trafficking methamphetamine.

The prosecutor in French Polynesia has reminded people fined for breaching Covid-19 restrictions to make a donation to the Red Cross by the end of the next month to be spared a criminal record.

French Polynesia has launched an online registration system as it plans to open up for international tourism this week with flights from Paris and Los Angeles.

Tourists arriving in French Polynesia will be given a kit to test themselves for Covid-19 as the territory becomes the first South Pacific destination open for travel.

Air France will increase the number of flights to French Polynesia as the Pacific territory opens up for tourism without imposing Covid-19 related quarantine.

French Polynesia has offered to host a special Pacific Islands Forum meeting in October or November to elect the organisation's next Secretary-General.

The population of French Polynesia has grown marginally, but the birth rate continues to decline.

French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has failed in his attempt to reverse a judge's order to seize of $US100,000 from his bank account.

The last of nine Covid-19 related relief flights from France has arrived in French Polynesia.

French Polynesia's pro-independence leader Oscar Temaru has dismissed calls by the veteran politician Gaston Flosse for French Polynesia to become independent.

French Polynesia's veteran politician Gaston Flosse wants a referendum to make French Polynesia an independent country in free association with France.

French Polynesia's domestic airline has rescinded its plan to drop more than half of its routes.

The judicial authorities in French Polynesia have heard a formal request to drop murder charges in the case of the alleged killing of a journalist Jean-Pascal Couraud.

A community organisation in French Polynesia is pushing to have the date of Autonomy Day changed.