WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Fiji welcomed back its first tourists in more than 600 days on Wednesday after pushing ahead with reopening plans despite the threat posed by the newly detected omicron ...

Reviving tourism in Fiji, which government figures estimate accounts for 40 percent of the economy, is seen as crucial to containing rising poverty - Copyright AFP ...

A disaster is rapidly unfolding among the vulnerable island states scattered across the Pacific, as cases of COVID-19, including the virulent Omicron variant, gain a foothold. In October 2021, of 17 ...