Some countries are welcoming international tourists again
People are looking forward to traveling again as early as second half of the year. Forecasts suggest staycations and domestic travel, but signs point to a phase-by-phase reopening of the industry with the essential addition of safety to the pillars of tourism.
The next big thing, and currently the economic recovery plan’s most ambitious feat yet, is the resumption of international leisure travel.
Some countries—although not a lot, with a great number unaware of which travel trend can be rather a hit-or-miss—are already capitalizing on their respective Covid-free status by reopening borders as the pandemic ebbs. To ensure safety and prevent another wave, they have restructured travel process with reservations: 14-day quarantines, arrivals from select countries only, slashed flight schedules, and eligibility and entry criteria.
Just a glimpse of this kind of news from the other side of the world excites us, but take note that international travel in the Philippines is still in the pipeline, and some of the most coveted destinations like majority of European and Asian countries, and the US have yet to lift travel restrictions.
It doesn’t hurt, however, to familiarize yourself with the foray of new protocols and additional documents that countries from your post-Covid travel bucket list may require upon entry.
Here is a list of destinations ready and/or hopeful to unseal borders for leisure travel once again.
United Kingdom
Official Date: June 8 Several border control measures for all visitors entering the UK have been released prior its initial reopening