96 yachts showed up at Port Denarau Marina under the Blue Lane activity a year ago anyway this may not be a similar this year.
Port Denarau Marina Chief Executive, Cynthia Rasch says the expansion in COVID-19 cases and lockdown measures in New Zealand and other Pacific nations are relied upon to affect the appearance of yachts this year.
“It’s truly hard to say in the event that we going to have a tremendous take-up with vessels. The boundary terminations are additionally a variable that we don’t have any power over so French Polynesia has shut their lines.”
There is a likelihood that a large number of the vessels will make their excursion out to us or they may simply return off to the US or to Europe.
She adds they have expanded their advertising.
“Right now the thing the business is doing is advancing, promoting emphatically out there that Fiji is open as far as Blue Lane, Fiji Maritime Borders are available to get travels and superyachts.”
The ‘Blue Lane’ activity was acquainted last July accordingly with the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the interim, Tourism Minister Faiyaz Koya adds they have not changed their position regarding individuals coming into the country whether via ocean or air.
-FBC News
