Category: Travel
Parking charges at Tahiti-Faa’a International Airport have rocketed
by Ted Wood | Aug 10, 2023 | Area, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Travel
It’s true that prices around the world are very high… To park for an hour, the rate has been increased by… 100%. An increase of this magnitude is bound to arouse a great deal of public discontent. There...
Read MoreSydney: Caledonian gets three-year suspended sentence for airport bomb joke
Humor can be very expensive… Our colleagues from Caledonian public television. (NC 1ere)...
Read MoreCheaper plane tickets for Wallisians and Futunians
by Ted Wood | Mar 23, 2023 | Area, Economy, Travel, Wallis and Futuna
The State increases aid by 45 The Ministry in charge of Overseas Territories in Emmanuel Macron’s government has decided to increase the amount of aid for territorial continuity. This is a monetary aid that aims to reduce...
Read MoreAir Moana makes its debut
by Ted Wood | Feb 10, 2023 | Area, French Polynesia, Travel
The inter-island airline made two inaugural flights to Bora Bora on 8 February. The aim was to...
Read MoreA border police in Wallis and Futuna
by Ted Wood | Nov 9, 2022 | Area, Pacific, Travel, Wallis and Futuna
The first border police service (Paf) of Wallis and Futuna was installed on Tuesday 8 November in Mata-Utu. This was notably the occasion for a ceremony to award the stripes of trainee peacekeepers of the national police to the...
Read MoreThe Marquesas Islands on the World Heritage List
by Ted Wood | Oct 19, 2022 | Area, Economy, Environment, French Polynesia, Travel
The Marquesas Islands’ application for Unesco World Heritage status was presented on Tuesday...
Read MorePolynesia, “the most welcoming and friendly country in the world
The luxury travel magazine, Conde Nast Traveler, has released the results of its traditional...
Read MoreVirus: France and its overseas territories free…
by Ted Wood | May 15, 2022 | Area, Breaking News, Business, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Pacific, Travel, Wallis and Futuna
The end of compelling reasons to travel between France and its overseas territories (except Wallis...
Read MoreA tourism recovery plan for New Caledonia
After two years of health crisis and collapse of the tourism industry, Caledonia has announced the launch of a recovery plan to attract foreign visitors. A return to normal activity is not expected for three or four years....
Read MoreAir Moana seeks pilots
by Ted Wood | Jan 18, 2022 | Area, Business, French Polynesia, Travel
The new airline, Air Morea, is looking for cabin crew, 15 captains and 15 airline pilot officers....
Read MoreThe liners back in Polynesia
by Ted Wood | Jan 18, 2022 | Area, Breaking News, Business, Economy, French Polynesia, Travel
After two years without foreign liners, the port of Papeete welcomed the Viking Orion on Monday 17 January 2022. Inside, cruise passengers are subject to a very strict sanitary protocol to contain the spread of Covid. Polynesia...
Read MoreA plane diverted to Brisbane.
by Ted Wood | Jan 17, 2022 | Area, Breaking News, New Caledonia, Travel
An ash cloud, caused by the volcanic eruption in Tonga on Saturday 15 January, forced a plane of the Caledonian company Aircalin to be diverted to Brisbane, Australia. The plane was travelling from Tokyo to New Caledonia. It was...
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- Macron in Vanuatu and PNG
New Caledonia is not the only objective of Emmanuel Macron's visit. After Nouméa on 27 July, the French President will fly to Vanuatu with the Presidents of New Caledonia (Louis Mapou) and Polynesia (Moetai Brotherson). On 28 July, he will travel to Papua New Guinea. He will be developing the theme known as the Indo-Pacific axis. The idea is to build a bulwark against China's omnipotence in the region.