With the return of the Heilala Festival, among other celebrations especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, visitors and Tongans from abroad have flocked to the country.
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Friday 30 June 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
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Thursday 25 May 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Drums were beating at the Liku'alofa Resort-Tofoa yesterday, 24 May, and kava flowed in a welcome for the first yacht rally to visit Tonga since the borders opened post-covid.
Friday 14 April 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The cruise ship, Celebrity Eclipse, visited Nuku'alofa for a day, arriving with more than 3000 passengers and crew on 14 April.
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Friday 31 March 2023
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga has lifted the requirement to have COVID-19 vaccination proof for all foreign travellers arriving in the country. Instead, the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Foreign Affair’s Immigration Division will incorporate key surveillance data requirements into one arrival card for passengers to complete on arrival in Tonga.
Monday 13 February 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
With 2023 the year of revival, the local tourism industry that was hit hard with the closure of Tonga's international borders in 2020 has 18 cruise ships listed to visit.
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Friday 3 February 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Australian Government is assisting Tonga in its domestic air connectivity by providing flights for the Tongatapu-Vava’u route until at least 30 June 2023 in a partnership with Fiji Airways, the Australian High Commission announced today 3, February.
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Monday 30 January 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Zuiderdam is the second cruise to visit Nuku'alofa in 2023, arriving with more than 2000 passengers and crew at Vuna Wwharf, today 30 January.
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Tuesday 24 January 2023
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Celebrity Eclipse is the first cruise to visit Nuku'alofa in 2023, arriving with more than 2600 passengers at Vuna wharf on 23 January.
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Wednesday 2 November 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Over 2000 passengers and crew spent the night in Nuku'alofa, after arriving on the Noordam cruise ship on 1 November, the fifth cruise to have visited, after the full border re-opening in September.
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Monday 10 October 2022
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Montreal, Canada
Tonga has signed an Air Services Agreement with the United Arab Emirates during the 41st International Civil Aviation Organisation Triennial General Assembly in Canada.
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Thursday 29 September 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The local tourism industry that was hit hard with the closure of Tonga's international borders in 2020 is looking for revival. The first cruise ship Paul Gauguin, is scheduled to arrive on 3 October in Nuku'alofa, with a total of eight cruise ships listed for the rest of the year.
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Tuesday 13 September 2022
Wellington, New Zealand
New Zealand has ended its traffic light system, which means international travellers will no longer need to be vaccinated to enter the country, and the mandatory COVID-19 testing is scrapped.
Tuesday 2 August 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
With hugs and tears families were reunited at Tonga's Fua'amotu International Airport, after arriving on the first flight as Tonga re-opened its international border with zero quarantine, on Monday 1 August. Lu’isa Sakalia, from Ma'ufanga kissed her young nephew and held him tight.
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Tuesday 2 August 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Tonga's current night time curfew - midnight to 5:00am - due to COVID-19 remains but will be re reviewed this month, after Government approved the incremental border re-opening on 1 August.
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Thursday 31 March 2022
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
Four repatriation flights arrived in Tonga yesterday, March 30, with 277 passengers, MEIDECC CEO Paula Ma’u confirmed this afternoon.
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Monday 20 December 2021
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
It was busy at the Nuku'alofa waterfront today as hundreds of travellers left on the domestic ferries for the outer islands of Ha’apai and Vava’u for the holidays. By Eleanor Gee.
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Monday 18 October 2021
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
One hundred and fifty Samoan RSE workers left Samoa for New Zealand on Saturday, 16 October under a special arrangement to facilitate a One-way Quarantine-free Travel Arrangement from Samoa to New Zealand that was signed by the Samoan Prime Minister, Fiame Naomi Mataafa and the New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Arden on 1 October 2021.
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Wednesday 8 September 2021
Nuku'alofa, Tonga
The Tonga Government said today it is supporting Tongan nationals who remained stranded in Fiji, after Tonga closed its borders to repatriation flights from Fiji. It was responding to complaints from the group. They are among 2,608 Tongan nationals and residents who are stranded overseas by the suspension of repatriation flights to Tonga from COVID-19 affected countries.
Wednesday 7 July 2021
Sydney, Australia
New York Times reporting: Three days after the emergence of a rare COVID-19 case in Sydney, around 40 friends gathered for a birthday party. Along with cake and laughter, there was a hidden threat: One of the guests had unknowingly crossed paths with that single COVID case, an airport driver who had caught the Delta variant from an American aircrew. Two weeks later, 27 people from the party have tested positive. And the seven people at the gathering who were not infected? They were all vaccinated. By Damien Cave.
Thursday 3 June 2021
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Nuku'alofa, Tonga
A repatriation flight with around 141 passengers arrived in Tonga today from Brisbane, Australia.
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