A number of countries have started to reopen for tourism again (or at least announced plans to reopen). Some readers asked for a master list of these countries to make planning easier.
- French Polynesia. French Polynesia will begin opening up on July 15th. Negative test 72 hours before arrival required, random testing 4 days after arrival and travel insurance required.
- Maldives. Maldives will reopen sometime in July and there will be no restrictions.
- Seychelles. Seychelles will be open to commercial flights will starting July 1st (private jets and yachts will be able to access the country before this date). Negative test will be required 48 hours before flight. Must have a travel voucher showing the hotel they will reside at and $50 health fee will be charged.
- Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka will begin opening up from August 1st, 2020. Minimum five night stay required, negative test 72 hours before arrival and additional test upon landing and throughout stay.
Canada will remain closed until at least June 21st, although this is expected to be extended until late July. I’m sure there are many countries that I’ve missed, so please let me know in the comments so that they can be added.
Serbia lifted all of their virus-related travel restrictions a few weeks ago and Air Serbia is operating a nonstop flight between New York and Belgrade multiple times a week. FWIW the US doesn’t have any direct virus-related travel restrictions for travelers entering the US from Serbia right now either (only European countries affected by the current ban are Schengen, United Kingdom, and Ireland).
When their is a definite vaccine readily available-EVERYONE opens.
hopium
Countries will open long before a vaccine comes out or their population will starve to death.
@William Charles – Are you going to post links to information for each of these “opening” countries like death rates, current virus spread, hospital ICU capacity, etc.,? Seems like any rational and responsible traveler would need to factor that in to their plans. Or do you want to suggest to people that all they need to concern themselves with would be how easily they can get their ass to someplace? You know, Brazil is beautiful, and there are plenty of great things to see in Tanzania…
Look, I know you need to “fill space” on your site. But from a practical standpoint, this post is doomed to failure. It’s already a gross oversimplification that does a disservice to anyone who is looking for accurate info. Anything you write will immediately become out of date – look at the wild swings in proposed policy from the Maldives – and none of these places have policies that will stick, everything is subject to constant and continuous revisions. The very, very thin info here is no basis to plan international travel.
We are still in the early stages of this pandemic. Yes, everyone is tired of it, tired of having to modify their behaviors, tired of staying home, tired of wearing a mask, tired of hearing about it. Well boo-fracking-hoo. The virus doesn’t give a shat that we are all tired of it. The deaths continue to mount up, both at home (we should cross the quarter-million deaths mark here in the USA by election day) and around the world (the “curve” is going up up up, nearly vertically in some countries). The virus does not respect national boundaries – and flights are the primary vector for its spread. People who just decide they’re done worrying, they’re just moving on, they deserve a vacation and are heading for the first beach they can get to, those idiots are the reason why the pandemic continues to spread, and will continue to get worse.
Everyone has a responsibility to do what they can to stop the pandemic, to reduce the number of deaths. That includes wanna-be travelers, that includes bloggers. It’s really irresponsible to simply pretend everything is behind us – it’s not – we are still in the early days of all this – and by just attempting to provide a list of places that are opening, you contribute to the problem. The more that people deny the pandemic is still active all around us, the more they pretend they can get away with travel as before, the longer it will be before we can actually get past all this.
Good luck maintaining this list.
Those info are available everywhere. Research and make a decision for yourself. Are you that helpless? If you are so scared, you can lock yourself away for the rest of your life. Boo-fcking-Hoo.
I just wish everyone understood that rising numbers of cases means its going to be longer until we have normalcy.
No it doesn’t. ‘Normal’ doesn’t happen without a vaccine. So live your life.
Sir, this is a Wendy’s
fast food worker lives matter! I’ve eaten at Wendy’s numerous times in the past year.
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EveryoNe HaS A ResponsibiLItY tO do whAt tHeY can To STOP tHE PaNdEMIc, tO reduCe THe NumbER oF DeathS. ThAt iNcLUdES WanNA-Be TraveleRs, tHaT iNCLuDes bloGgErS. It’S RealLy IRReSPoNSiBLe To sIMPlY PrEtEnD EVERYTHInG IS bEhind uS – iT’S noT – wE Are stILl IN ThE EarlY days Of aLl thiS – and by JuSt AttemptiNG to PROvIDe A list Of plAceS thAT Are openiNg, yOu cONTRIBUTe to tHe PROBlEM. the MORe THAt PEOPlE DENY thE pAndeMIC iS still AcTIVe aLL ARoUND US, tHE mORe THEY PrEtenD THeY cAn Get aWaY wiTH TRavel aS BEFoRE, ThE lOnGeR IT WILL be BeFore we CaN acTUAllY GET PaSt aLl tHis.
GOoD LUCK mAiNTAIninG THIs liSt.
Could not even finish reading two lines, got a headache already.
Did you use any app to transform regular English writing to above fonts.
Look it up yourself. I will look at where is opening and then decide if I want to travel there. Stop ruining the comments with a political post.
Take it easy, Dick.
yeah, it’s totally DoC’s responsibility to furnish detailed stats, and also to read your whiny political rant.
Other than lacking paragraph breaks, there’s nothing wrong with his observations. That you dismiss his assessment as “political” says way more about you than him. Each and every one of us will have to do the calculus for travel vs personal risk.
The value in this post will probably be limited to a (well updated) list of countries and dates and nothing more, anything beyond that is on you. Kudos to DoC for trying. The comments however, are destined to be a hot mess.
It is political. If you aren’t planning on traveling why read the post? I really couldn’t care less what some whiny baby has to post. I care what countries are opening so I can travel to them.
Well said. You should write more
” The virus does not respect national boundaries – and flights are the primary vector for its spread. People who just decide they’re done worrying, they’re just moving on, they deserve a vacation and are heading for the first beach they can get to, those idiots are the reason why the pandemic continues to spread, and will continue to get worse. ” -Dick Bupkiss
Don’t blame the people; blame the incompetent governments. It’s no coincidence that the top three nations with the highest death rates are all led by know-it-all-anti-science leaders. These so-called leaders (US, UK, Brazil) knew it was coming but did NOTHING because they thought their precious nations were somehow immune. OTOH, other countriea like Germany, Taiwan, New Zealand, Australia, and South Korea wasted no time and took action. Even China has handled it better.
Hay, Kerry the Liar: The highest 3 death rates are in Belgium, the UK, and Spain. USA is 9th and Brazil is 13th. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1104709/coronavirus-deaths-worldwide-per-million-inhabitants/
We’re still at the very beginning of the pandemic.. those numbers are going to change by the time the second wave comes to the U.S.A in August/September/October as currently forecast.
There will be no second wave. We have testing. Stop being so scared. Unless you are old and sickly you will be fine if you catch it. My city is going to have many more people overdose on opiods this year than die from covid. Your chance of dying in a car accident in your life is over 10 times higher than dying from covid. Get a grip. Stop being such a wimp.
He was going by highest overall deaths. Probably a typo.
That is how you can tell it is political post. And the worst places in the world are New Jersey, New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut. Because those governors forced nursing homes to take in Covid-19 infected people.
In my state 2/3 rds of the deaths are in nursing homes. Look around you and look at all the unhealthy people. And this is killing less than 1 percent of the infected.
Gee, maybe the fact that 3 of those are islands and the other is at the end of a peninsula with no border crossings on the land side has something to do with it?
Well don’t travel and stay inside your house. Those of us who want to live will travel and you can hide four or five years until you the vaccine comes out. Please take your political crap to another site.
This is not meant to be and end all resource. It’s meant to give readers a jumping off point for further research. I’m not sure why you think that I think everything is behind us and I think it’s disingenuous to claim that I do.
I agree this post leaves out a lot of important information. William Charles should have done his homework and provide details on:
1. The death and infection rates for each of these locations.
2. Best airfare deals to each of these locations
3. Best ways to redeem hotel points at these locAtions.
4. Detailed packing lists for these locations.
5. How to manufacture spend to earn points to use at these locations.
6. Which cashiers to avoid at WM when you are converting gift cards to money orders.
Reading this blog is such a chore. Can’t someone live my life for me?
I don’t see the Bupkiss marriage lasting 😂
That’s what people say about George and Kellyanne.
Yawn. Such drivel. You go ahead and stay inside and afraid.
I agree. Will should also add a 100 page legal disclosure explaining all the risks associated with international travel that every reader here is required to read and sign.
Iceland June 15th:
https://www.inspiredbyiceland.com/article/iceland-and-covid19-coronavirus
I want to travel to the Philippines this year with my wife and spend time with all the in-laws. But it needs to be a VACATION. On the slim chance of testing positive who wants to take a chance and spending the next 2 weeks in quarantine? Stl-Dallas/Fort Worth-Hong Kong-Cebu(4 flights).
Thailand?
Philippines?
what about france, spain, Italy, Greece?
That’s just for other European countries
Something I’ve been unable to get answered. I have a trip to MLE connecting in Sri Lanka. Just a simple hour transit. Does anyone know how transit passengers will be affected in CMB if they are just transiting and not entering the country?
contact the embassy
I tried on twitter but didn’t get a response, I will try a more formal followup. thanks.
I think I remember reading Italy was open as well.
Yes, but only for travelers from European countries. No idea when the EU will open its borders to travelers from the US.
Never. America is falling down a bottomless pit. 😉
Iceland reopens on June 15th. No quarantine, but you must test negative for COVID on arrival.