Category: Travel

The Marquesas Islands listed as a World Heritage S...

Posted by Ted Wood | Jul 28, 2024 | Area, Business, Culture, Environment, French Polynesia, Travel

Riots: repatriations begin

by Ted Wood | May 26, 2024 | Area, Breaking News, New Caledonia, Politics, Travel

12,000 travelers deprived of their trip and 108 flights cancelled: that’s the toll of the...

International airport closed until at least 23 ais

by Ted Wood | May 20, 2024 | Area, Breaking News, Business, Economy, French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Pacific, Travel, Wallis and Futuna, World

As a result of the riots in Nouméa, La Tontouta airport is set to remain closed to commercial flights until at least May 23. Aircalin has cancelled all its flights to and from Nouméa. This concerns rotations with : –...

Aircalin wants to serve Paris

by Ted Wood | Dec 31, 2023 | Area, Business, Economy, New Caledonia, Travel

New Caledonia’s public airline will have to buy new aircraft On the occasion of the...

Shark: beaches reopened to swimming

by Ted Wood | Dec 6, 2023 | Area, Environment, New Caledonia, Travel

At Baie des Citrons, in addition to the anti-shark net installed, the area will be fully supervised. All other beaches and islets are not secured, but are now authorized for swimming. Phew! Caledonians and tourists alike will...

Fiji Airways in New Caledonia

by Ted Wood | Sep 18, 2023 | Business, Economy, New Caledonia, Travel

The first flight is scheduled for 7 December. Fiji Airways has announced that the inaugural flight...

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...

Sydney: Caledonian gets three-year suspended sentence for airport bomb joke

by Ted Wood | Jun 18, 2023 | Area, Justice, New Caledonia, Pacific, Travel

Humor can be very expensive… Our colleagues from Caledonian public television. (NC 1ere)...

Cheaper 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...

Air 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 make itself known to tour operators and the media, but not only. These flights were also a dress rehearsal before the company’s...

A 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...

The 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...

Polynesia, “the most welcoming and friendly country in the world

by Ted Wood | Oct 11, 2022 | Area, Business, French Polynesia, Lifestyle, Travel

The luxury travel magazine, Conde Nast Traveler, has released the results of its traditional...

Riots: curfew until July 1
The curfew is maintained in New Caledonia for a further week, from 8 pm to 6 am. Carrying and transporting weapons remains prohibited. The sale of alcohol also remains prohibited, except for wine merchants, who may only sell wine or champagne-type beverages with an alcohol content not exceeding 18%. Beer sales are still not permitted.