COVID-19 Update Archives - Pacific Tourism Organisation

18 March 2021

Amid Outbreak, Australia Donates 8,000 COVID-19 Shots to PNG

Australia has announced that it is donating 8,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine to Papua New Guinea’s frontline health workers, as the Pacific nation battles a COVID-19 […]

4 March 2021

WTTC’s ground-breaking ‘Safe Travels’ stamp reaches its 250th destination

Following its launch in May last year, the highly popular Safe Travels stamp from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), has now been awarded to […]

4 March 2021

EU to propose ‘green pass’ vaccine certificate this month

Brussels will propose a law on setting up a “green pass” scheme for vaccination certification. However, it says, all member states would need to be on […]

4 February 2021

Tokelau officials taking no chances with Covid-19

Covid-free Tokelau is the only Pacific Realm nation of New Zealand not in talks with the country about a possible one-way travel bubble. The Cook Islands […]

31 January 2021

Samoa Expects Pfizer Vaccine By End Of March 2021

Samoa will receive its first shipment of Pfizer vaccine by the end of March with the Ministry of Health looking at legal options for people who […]

25 January 2021

World Tourism Organization Calls For Vaccine Passport

The Global Tourism Crisis Committee, at a meeting in Madrid last week organized by the United Nations’ World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), is calling for a vaccine […]

16 December 2020

Covid-19 Wiped Out 81M Jobs In Asia-Pacific This Year: UN Agency

The economic blow from the coronavirus has wiped out 81 million jobs across Asia-Pacific this year, with women and young people disproportionately affected, according to the […]

1 October 2020

Isolation and closed borders: Here’s how ten Pacific Island nations are COVID-19-free, and the costs that come with it

The reason for this is these small island nations promptly closed their borders early this year, after realizing their health systems were under-equipped to deal with an outbreak, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.