which is right next to Australia with wide open borders and almost 1 million visits per month clocked in January 2020 https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/industry/tourism-and-trans...

EDIT : wrong year!

https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/industry/tourism-and-trans...

borders open, ~8K arrivals. 1h flight time difference between Auckland and Sydney.

And how many visits Fiji had since the pandemic struck? As far as I know, they closed their borders entirely.

Australia’s borders are currently very closed.

> January 2020

May I know what the significance of January 2020 is? Isn't that before Australia closed their borders?

Wide open borders… in January 2020. Hmm did anything happen in February 2020?

I dont know what happened in February, what I do know however is:

>the billionaire and one of his children were granted access to New Zealand in January

January 2021 , again Australian borders are not wide open, nowhere near it. You are comparing a pre covid period.

doh! https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/industry/tourism-and-trans...

~8K