Fiji welcomed their first flight of international visitors as they opened their borders once again. The exciting milestone marked resumption of international tourism in the idyllic nation after almost 20 months of border closures.
As of this morning, December 1, 2021, Fiji opens to fully vaccinated visitors from travel partner countries, for quarantine-free travel. The first flight, from Sydney, Australia landed carrying 300 passengers eager for their first tropical island holiday.
The country which is ready to safely welcome visitors back thanks to a successful vaccination roll out, seeing well over 90% of its eligible population vaccinated with both doses, does have some travel requirements in place to ensure visitors can book and travel in confidence that they’re keeping themselves and the locals of Fiji safe.
Travellers to Fiji must be fully vaccinated (children under 18-years-old can travel with a vaccinated adult) from a selected Travel Partner country, and those over the age of 12 must get a negative RT PCR test taken 72 hours before you board your flight to Fiji. Once visitors arrive on Fiji soil, they will be able to holiday knowing that everyone they interact with is adhering to the highest health and safety practices.
“It’s such an exciting day for Fiji and for our tourism industry. It’s been a long time coming! From airline to accommodation, Fiji tourism operators and related services have worked hard to ensure and uphold internationally benchmarked COVID-safety practices. The resumption of both domestic and international tourism is a credit to Fiji’s collective commitment for public safety, and safe and seamless travel, coupled with our famous bula spirit!” said Brent Hill, CEO Tourism Fiji.
