Malaysia is relaxing virus restrictions including testing at airports and mask mandates, as infection rates flatten and the nation adjusts to living with Covid. The country is scrapping mandatory testing on incoming vaccinated travellers and children under 12 from 1 May. Wearing masks outdoors will be made optional and social distancing measures dropped. Some entry…
No more pre-departure test requirements to Singapore for all fully vaccinated travellers
Singapore has announced plans to further ease its COVID-19 travel requirements. From 26 April, all fully vaccinated travellers and non-fully vaccinated children aged 12 and under arriving by land, air or sea checkpoints will no longer be required to take a pre-departure test prior to arrival in Singapore. With this move, fully vaccinated travellers can…
Thailand Removes All Testing Requirements For Vaccinated Tourists
Thailand Significantly Eases Entry Requirements and Ends ‘Test and Go’ Program Thailand has taken a monumental step back to normality as the nation eases entry COVID-19 entry requirements. Despite reopening for tourism in 2020—albeit with the controversial Sandbox Schemes—Thailand’s entry requirements have remained strict, especially compared with Western nations. Thailand hopes easing entry requirements will attract…
Thailand Plans To Allow Vaccinated Tourists To Enter Requirement-Free From May 1
Having earned its reputation as one of the strictest destinations in Southeast Asia after enacting some of the harshest border regimes during Covid, Thailand is finally easing travel rules once again. Having already reopened to tourism, the country is now planning to allow vaccinated tourists to enter requirement-free as soon as May 1, 2022. Currently,…
Brazil Removes Pre-Departure Testing For Vaccinated Americans
In a move that will certainly encourage more travelers to visit the country, Brazil is seemingly moving away from its strict entry protocols and relaxing travel rules. As part of the new guidelines that have been announced late last week, vaccinated foreigners no longer need to submit a negative PCR within 72 hours of boarding…
Singapore Airlines and Scoot reopen network for fully vaccinated travellers from 1 April
Fully vaccinated travellers on all Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Scoot flights will enjoy quarantine-free entry into Singapore, without any on-arrival test or quarantine requirements, from 1 April 2022. This comes after the Singapore government simplified the travel protocols for entry into the country. This opens up the entire SIA and Scoot network to all eligible…
Fully Vaccinated U.S. Travelers Can Now Enter The Netherlands Without Testing
The Dutch government has announced that from today – 23 March – fully vaccinated travelers from the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom will be able enter the Netherlands without having to present a negative Covid-19 test upon arrival. And, for nationals – of countries from within the EU or Schengen zone – the…
55 Countries Vaccinated Americans Can Enter Test Free
There are 55 countries that fully vaccinated Americans can now enter without having to take a Covid-19 test. Having originally been closed for tourism purposes, due to the global Covid-19 pandemic, and then having reopened for visitors – but with an enforced list of requirements for entry and restrictions in place – countries are continuing…
US Virgin Islands Scraps Testing For Vaccinated Americans
Joining the ranks of Caribbean destinations easing travel restrictions once more, the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) announced recently the pre-departure testing requirement is being lifted for vaccinated Americans visiting from the mainland. The move follows an accentuated drop in Covid cases as the U.S. territory rides out the Omicron storm. Shortly after Omicron was flagged…
Nepal Reopens With No Quarantine And No Testing For Vaccinated Travelers
Although several nations in South Asia still impose strict entry regimes due to persistently high Covid numbers, Nepal is one of those rare few that seem to have controlled the recent Omicron wave. As a result, the increasingly popular destination is now reopening to all foreign tourists with much simpler entry requirements. Known as the…
