This handout picture released by the Rapanui Municipality shows Moais – stone statues of the Rapa Nui culture – affected by a fire at the Rapa Nui National Park in Easter Island, Chile, on Oct 6, 2022. (RAPANUI MUNICIPALITY / AFP) SANTIAGO – A forest fire on Chile's Easter Island in early October damaged at […]
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Chile’s Easter Island reopens to tourists after COVID shutdown
Tourists arrive to the Mataveri international airport in Hanga Roa, Easter Island, Chile on Aug 4, 2022. (MIGUEL SANCHEZ / AFP) SANTIAGO / WASHINGTON – Chile's Easter Island received its first group of tourists on Thursday after closing its borders for more than two years due to the coronavirus pandemic. Easter Island, over 3,219 km from […]