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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Travel
Eleanor Sly

Chile’s Easter Island reopens to tourists after more than two years

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The remote island of Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, has reopened to international travellers after being closed to tourists for more than two years.

On 4 August, the Pacific island welcomed 230 tourists after 868 days of border closures due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

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