Last verified: Thursday, 8. June 2023 at 08:19 AM
Last verified: Thursday, 8. June 2023 at 08:19 AM
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We advise caution when travelling to French Polynesia We advise caution when travelling to French Polynesia. We detected travel advisories from 2 sources for this specific country.
This country shares no land border with any other country. Thus, the region score is identical to the country risk rating.
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in French Polynesia. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET).
There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in French Polynesia.
Source: www.ecdc.europa.eu
Chart of the risk level over that last 200 days. This is the daily calculated travel risk for French Polynesia.
Chart of the number of sources over that last 200 days. This is the daily number of advisory sources (of any rating) that have been active on that day.
Note: Changes happening on the 28th/29th of July 2019 are related to a change in the software and number of sources processed.
These are the individual advisories published by other countries about the destination French Polynesia from a travellers perspective. The scoring of all messages combined is the foundation for the current rating 3.0 out of 5.0.
Danger level: 0 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Danger level: 0 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
If you are planning international travel at this time, please read our COVID-19 related travel advice here, alongside our destination specific travel advice below.
Danger level: 1 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Last Update: Reissued with updates to health information. Exercise normal precautions in French Polynesia. Read the country information page for additional information on travel to French Polynesia.
This is the recent history of individual changes of travel advices that affected the total asessment of French Polynesia. Most recent events first.
The total rating for French Polynesia changed from 3.7 to 4.3. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government increased their existing warning for French Polynesia to 4.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 2.0 (by +2.0).
The total rating for French Polynesia changed from 3.3 to 3.7. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government increased their existing warning for French Polynesia to 2.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 1.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for French Polynesia changed from 3.0 to 3.3. Here are the influencing details:
The Canadian government issued a new warning for French Polynesia with a rating of 4.0.
The total rating for French Polynesia changed from 2.5 to 3.0. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government increased their existing warning for French Polynesia to 5.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 4.0 (by +1.0).
The total rating for French Polynesia changed from 1.0 to 2.5. Here are the influencing details:
The Australian government issued a new warning for French Polynesia with a rating of 4.0.
The total rating for French Polynesia changed from 0.0 to 0.0. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government issued a new warning for French Polynesia with a rating of 1.0.
French Polynesia with its capital Papeete is a country in Oceania (Polynesia), slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut (4,167 km²). The country is located Oceania, archipelagoes in the South Pacific Ocean about half way between South America and Australia. The climate can be described as tropical, but moderate. The landscape is mixture of rugged high islands and low islands with reefs. With a population of about 0.27 million citizens.
| Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Capital | Papeete |
| Population | less than one million |
| Size | 4.167 km² |
| Size comparable to | slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut |
| Common languages | French, Tahitian |
| Currency | Franc (short: XPF) |
| Common voltage (electricity) | 220V - 50Hz |
| Used GSM Frequencies | 900 |
| International phone prefix | +689 |
| Internet Top Level Domain | .pf |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 2 | PF |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 3 | PYF |
| Countrycode: ISO Numeric | 258 |
These are problems French Polynesia is facing. Environmental issues refer to damages of the nature due to industry and society. Natural hazzards refer to potential dangers originating in nature.
Environmental problems
Natural hazzards
These are the main product industries and agricultural products of French Polynesia. This list indicates what this country is good at producing.
Industries
Agriculture products
These are the main product categories of imports and exports to and from French Polynesia.
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French Polynesia is currently rated at 3,0 out of a possible 5.0. Collected from 2 official sources. We advise caution when travelling to French Polynesia.
Visiting the country French Polynesia is usually fine. The score is at 3,0 Just keep an eye open, obey local rules and you'll most likely be fine.
We currently evaluate 11 official sources each morning. Today, we know of active advisories from 2 individual sources for French Polynesia.
There are currently no officially reported cases of infections with SARS-CoV-2 (or Coronavirus) in French Polynesia. As reported by the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control this morning (~8:30am CET). There are currently no officially reported deaths related to this disease in French Polynesia.
French Polynesia has a size of 4,167 km² or 1,609 mi² which is slightly less than one-third the size of Connecticut.
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2020-03-10:
Integrated data from European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (COVID-19/ SARS-CoV-2/ Coronavirus).
2019-09-01:
Added timeline charts for risk level and number of advisories.
2019-07-29:
Added two more sources (Finland and Denmark).
Affects country ratings.
2019-07-15:
South-Sudan was missing and was added today.
2019-05-18:
Performance improvements for API users.
2019-03-23:
Introduced professional API with more data.
2019-02-13:
Added three more sources (Cyprus, Ireland and Malta).
Affects country ratings.
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