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French Polynesia to welcome tourists from next month to salvage economy

Tahiti and its fellow tropical islands will be open to international travel from next month, even as French Polynesia tries to salvage its vital tourism industry. The French overseas territory in the South Pacific had halted all international flights in March in a bid to contain the coronavirus. It has reported just 60 cases of the disease and no deaths among its population of about 280,000. But with no tourists for three months, the economy has been ravaged, and all of its hotels have been shuttered, triggering calls in the industry for an easing of the virus restrictions. “We are ... Read more