Share this contentSUVA: Tourism-reliant Fiji has proposed a"travel bubble" to welcome visitors from coronavirus-free countries, as the South Pacific holiday hotspot desperately tries to revive its stalled economy.
The Fiji Hotel and Tourism Association says even that figure underestimates the industry's influence, putting it closer to 60 per cent once related jobs are factored in. Hopes for a quick recovery now rest on the creation of a"travel bubble" that would bring holidaymakers from nearly virus-free Australia and New Zealand. Those two countries supply about 70 per cent of traffic to Fiji, general manager of the Treasure Island resort Jim Saukuru told AFP.
Officials in Canberra and Wellington have already opened discussions on a quarantine-free bubble across the two countries, to capitalise on their success in containing the virus, with plans to eventually expand it to include Pacific island nations. "While Australia and New Zealand work out their trans-Tasman bubble, Fiji's equal - or arguably greater - success against the virus puts us in a position to take the lead in the Pacific," Bainimarama said.
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