The speaker is envious of their friend who gets to go to Tahiti, a beautiful place, while they are stuck in a not-so-nice place.
Consider the statement "My best friend is going to Tahiti with his family!". Based on this "Tahiti is one of the beautiful places on Earth and I am thrilled my best friend gets to go there unlike me who is rotting here." a true statement? Yes, no, or I don't know?