After years of the COVID-19 pandemic throwing international travel into turmoil, Samoa’s beautiful shorelines have once again welcomed international travellers when the first direct flights from American Samoa, Fiji, Australia and New Zealand arrived on 1st – 2nd August.

Samoa Tourism has today announced its support of the Manu Samoa national team, coming on board as the team’s Official Partner for the World Rugby 2022 Pacific Nations Cup, which kicks off this weekend.

The Samoan Government has announced an official date for Samoa to reopen its borders to international travellers. In an announcement overnight, Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata'afa has confirmed Samoa will welcome international travellers into the country from 1st August 2022.

Samoa’s 60th Independence Anniversary logo was revealed in a ceremony on Wednesday 11 March in Apia in front of FMFMII Government Building, kicking off the first of many events planned for what will be a year-long celebration of the country’s diamond jubilee.

The Samoan Government has announced it will be reopening its border to international travellers from August/September later this year. Prime Minister Fiame Naomi Mata’afa has confirmed the country will welcome arrivals of Samoan citizens and foreign contractors from May, and allow travellers into the country from August/September, subject to Samoa’s vaccination progress and the removal of restrictions to facilitate quarantine-free travel.

The Samoa Tourism Authority (STA) together with the Ministry of Health (MOH) and private sector partners, Skyeye, Digicel and Vodafone, held a press conference on Monday 31st January, appealing to all Samoans to download the Samoa Travel Tracer mobile application and strengthen efforts to protect the population from Covid-19.

Samoa's Covid-19 Alert Level has been elevated to 3 [Red or High Risk] as announced this morning by Prime Minister Hon. Fiame Naomi Mataafa.