Oceania > French Polynesia: Covid-19 and Travel
Present Situation
Total cases: 77 957
Active cases: 4
Recovered: 76 908
Deaths: 649
Vaccination count: 67 913
Current trend: Declining
Data updated on 2023-01-22
Summary of the situation
Required to present a negative COVID-19 test
Masks are recommended
Provisions for travellers
Entry to the territory: Partially Allowed
Entry conditions vary for vaccinated travellers and those who have not been vaccinated.
Travelers to French Polynesia with a stopover or transit in the United States, such as from Europe, must comply with the entry requirements of the U.S. authorities:
-Vaccinated travelers must present their proof of full vaccination schedule upon boarding;
-Unvaccinated travelers or travelers without a U.S. compliant vaccination schedule are not allowed to travel and transit the United States unless authorized exceptions (see Centers for Disease Control and Prevention list of exceptions) checked by the airlines upon boarding.
*As of June 12, 2022, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will no longer require air passengers (vaccinated or not) traveling from a foreign country to the United States to show a negative COVID-19 viral test or documentation of recovery from COVID-19 before they board their flight.
FOR TRAVELERS DEPARTING FROM HONOLULU, LOS ANGELES, SAN FRANCISCO, SEATTLE, NOUMEA AND AUCKLAND TO FRENCH POLYNESIA
-Travelers no longer have to complete any health formality before their arrival in The Islands of Tahiti, in France or overseas, and the presentation of the health pass/proof of full vaccination schedule is no longer required, whatever the country or area of origin;
-The compelling reason is no longer required;
-Travelers are no longer required to present a certificate of non-contamination and a commitment to perfom an antigenic test or a biological examination upon arrival on the national territory (tests are no longer required);
-Unvaccinated travelers are no longer required to perform tests to travel between mainland France and French Polynesia.
More details here https://tahititourisme.com/en-us/covid-19/
Tests: Required to present a negative COVID-19 test
Quarantine: Depends
Self-isolation required for some travelers.
Information updated on 2023-03-08.
Action taken in the country
Lockdown: No
Wearing a mask is no longer be mandatory in public transport (airplanes, buses, boats) as well as in places open to the public, in establishments or for practicing activities.
Wearing a mask is still be required in health care facilities.
Mask use
Masks are recommended
Gatherings: Allowed
No restriction
Restaurants and bars: Fully Open
Shops: Open
Tourist attractions: Open
