International border to re-open next month
Prime Minister Voreqe Bainimarama while announcing the easing of COVID restrictions this afternoon said Fiji’s list of travel partners includes Australia, New Zealand, United States of America, United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, Canada, Qatar, Germany, Spain, France, the Republic of Korea, Singapore, Switzerland, Japan and most Pacific island countries and territories.
Mr Bainimarama said there will be no traditional quarantine requirement however there will be different sets of protocols for tourists, for residents, and for those visiting friends and relatives.
“Tourists from travel-partner countries will have no quarantine requirement from 11 November onward ahead of our official reopening on 1 December,” Mr Bainimarma said.
“ Instead, after showing proof of vaccination and testing negative for the virus 72 hours prior to their departure, they will arrive in Fiji and head straight to their hotel,” he said.
He said for returning residents from travel-partner countries or those visiting friends and relatives, our protocols are a bit different.
“These travellers will want to leave the travel-safe areas, and they can. After spending three days on hotel premises in Fiji, a negative COVID-19 test result will allow these travellers to enter Fijian communities in any location.”
Credit: THE FIJI TIMES
