Emotional scenes have played out at the airport and in the streets as Fiji welcomed back its first tourists in 20 months. At 11:40am local time Wednesday 1 December, the first Fiji Airways flight FJ914 from Sydney touched down in Nadi, ending 615 days of international border closures for the tourism-dependent nation.
The friendly South Pacific island nation welcomed hundreds of Australian tourists on Wednesday, sparking joyful celebrations on the tarmac, in the airport terminal, on the streets and at the many hotels welcoming visitors. The first tourist flight took passengers on a special flyover of some of the most popular resorts in Nadi and the Coral Coast, where the beaches were lined with hospitality teams overflowing with joy and Fiji’s famous bula spirit.
As the plane touched down and taxied down the runway, two fire engines lined the taxiway and marked the arrival with a…
