Fiji, March 25 -- Following the approval of more than 100 yachts through Fiji's Blue Lanes initiative, the Fijian Government's COVID-19 Risk Mitigation Taskforce (CRMT) has approved Savusavu Bay - known as Fiji's "hidden paradise" - as the nation's second Blue Lanes Yacht Port.

The Blue Lanes initiative was pioneered through the Fijian COVID-Safe Economic Recovery Framework to allow a safe restart for Fiji's growing blue tourism industry. Following consultations with the local community and the deployment of relevant officials to the Northern Division, Savusavu Port now joins Port Denarau as one of the two designated port of entries for yachts arriving in Fiji.

Fiji has served as the Pacific's hub for blue tourism throughout the COVID-1...