French Polynesia, which includes Tahiti, opened its borders to American tourists earlier this month, and now airlines are responding by adding flights to actually get you to the South Pacific paradise. Tahiti, Bora Bora, and the other islands that comprise French Polynesia opened to American tourists on May 1 with a number of restrictions in place. ... read more
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We are delighted to see news this week announcing a travel bubble between New Zealand and our Pacific Island neighbours, the Cook Islands, from May 17th 2021. This comes after the successful opening of a travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand in mid-April. Samoa Tourism welcomes this announcement as an important step towards establishing ... read more
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After more than a year, New Zealanders are finally able to travel to the Cook Islands without having to quarantine. The first flight to Rarotonga took off from Auckland Airport with 297 passengers just before 9am this morning and successfully landed in Rarotonga about 2.30pm (NZ time). The airport was packed with people waiting for ... read more
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More flights from New Zealand to the Cook Islands are needed in order to meet “enormous demand” from tourists wanting to visit now that a two-way bubble has opened, a resort owner says. Quarantine-free travel from New Zealand to the Cook Islands started on Monday, but the first flight isn’t until Tuesday, with Air New ... read more
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As the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the world, Pitcairn Islands’ isolation deep in the South Pacific ensured its tiny population of just 50 or so, has remained one of the few COVID-free places on earth. But it also meant that the island’s visitor economy came to an immediate standstill. Now there is more positive news ... read more
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