The South Pacific islands opened to fully vaccinated tourists from “travel partner” countries on Wednesday (1 December), with the first flight from Sydney landing at 11.25am carrying 300 passengers.
Fiji, which has more than 90% of its local population fully vaccinated against Covid-19, decided to continue with its reopening plans despite the onset of the new Omicron variant of the virus.
Brent Hill, chief executive of Tourism Fiji, said: “It’s such an exciting day for Fiji and for our tourism industry. It’s been a long time coming.
