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Isolated from the outside world since March 2020, a nation reliant on international tourism for 75 per cent of its GDP (30,000 Australians and 115,000 New Zealanders visited annually, pre-COVID-19) was forced to return to traditional Polynesian ways of living.
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03 May 2021
The New Zealand and Cook Islands governments have agreed to commence quarantine-free travel between the two countries from Monday 17 May.
Travellers in the new bubble will have to have been in either the Cook Islands or New Zealand for at least 14 days before travel.
This means anyone wanting to travel between Australia and the Cook Islands would need to spend at least 14 days in New Zealand in the middle.
There will be no requirement for a pre-departure COVID-19 test, but travellers will have to complete a travel declaration, provide a health declaration and submit to random health checks at airports.
Monday, 3 May 2021, 5:26 pm
Cook Islanders are “waiting with open arms and big
smiles” to greet their first visitors in over a year, said
the General Manager of the Cook Islands Tourism Corporation
for Australasia, Graeme West.
Responding to today’s
announcement that quarantine-free travel between New Zealand
and the Cook Islands was starting on 17 May, Mr West said
this was long-awaited and very exciting news.
He said
that visitor numbers to the Cook Islands “hit zero” when
borders were closed in March 2020. “Because tourism is the
mainstay of our economy, this has caused significant
financial hardship for many people,” he said. ”We are
Press Release – Cook Islands Tourism Corporation for Australasia Cook Islanders are waiting with open arms and big smiles to greet their first visitors in over a year, said the General Manager of the Cook Islands Tourism Corporation for Australasia, Graeme West. Responding to todays announcement that quarantine-free …
Cook Islanders are “waiting with open arms and big smiles” to greet their first visitors in over a year, said the General Manager of the Cook Islands Tourism Corporation for Australasia, Graeme West.
Responding to today’s announcement that quarantine-free travel between New Zealand and the Cook Islands was starting on 17 May, Mr West said this was long-awaited and very exciting news.