Fiji will press on with plans to reopen its border to international travellers tomorrow, despite the threat from the newly identified Omicron Covid-19 variant, the Pacific nation's leader has told parliament.
Fiji has long targeted December 1 as the day it will welcome back foreign holidaymakers to boost a tourism-reliant economy devastated since the pandemic forced borders to close in March last year.
Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama said Omicron's recent emergence would not derail the plans and he would personally welcome the first Fiji Airways flight into Nadi from Australia on Wednesday morning.
“We are still emerging from the horrible pandemic that we suffered and are just starting to recover from its economic devastation,” he told parliament.
