It's a year since Fiji re-opened for happiness.

Covid-19 in Fiji

For two years Fiji closed its doors to visitors in the hope of preventing Covid-19 infection. This was a brave decision, as all economic indicators crashed, including government and private incomes, employment and exports. Fiji is heavily dependent on tourism, which used to account for around 40 per cent of GDP, so this was no surprise.

We can readily understand the hardship caused by job losses when holiday resorts close, but hundreds of Fiji businesses used to supply the reso...