Last week I compiled a list of nine countries open to visitors right now with very few access requirements. While many other borders remain closed, there is good news: 3 more countries have opened in recent days. Here’s a look at the options (plus one more as a bonus) and what you want to know if you go, along with a handful of other options that may soon be viable options.
Entry requirements: negative PCR verification prior to departure and proof of physical fitness insurance Since 1 September, Egypt has allowed unrestricted access to foreigners provided they arrive with evidence of a recent approved negative control 72 hours. Children under the age of 6 are exempt. The Egyptian government has also reopened a number of cultural sites, adding the pyramids and many museums. Visitors can also Luxor and Aswan. Reports imply that Nile cruises will resume in October.
Current COVID-19 trend: improvement. Egypt recorded just over 100,000 COVID-19 cases, but the daily number of cases remained low in August and this month.
Entry Requirements: Negative PCR check prior to departure plus check upon arrival for $ 150 Ghana restarted overseas flights on September 1 and also requires passengers to arrive with an approved negative check no more than 72 hours prior to departure. travel. making a check upon arrival as well, with a charge of $ 150 according to the user (children of five years are exempt). The effects of the check take about 30 minutes to return, after which the guest can move freely around the country. at the airport after your arrival, in any case.
Current COVID-19 trend: Very good. Ghana has recorded a low number of daily cases in recent weeks and only 283 deaths have been recorded since the start of the pandemic. So far, the epidemiological scenario is good.
Entry requirements: up to two tests on arrival at ~ $ 80 each. As of September 4, Bahrain resumed issuing visas on arrival to many nationalities, adding the United States. While the country in the past required a 10-day quarantine, Bahrain has now got rid of it after discovering that only a very small percentage of those in quarantine ended up having COVID-19. Also note that if you are staying in Bahrain for more than 10 days, you will want to have some other PCR testing done.
Current COVID-19 trend: something worrisome. The cases have gone further back in recent times, the daily deaths remain stable. Bahrain has only noted 202 deaths from COVID-19 since the start of the pandemic.
Bermuda was not on the list last week, but probably has been, even though it takes 40 hours out of 24 hours on arrival. The island country has been open to visitors since July and has not noticed spikes in cases.
Entry requirements: an advance authorization (cost: $75), a negative PCR check before departure and a check-in, plus a 24-hour quarantine. Quarantine on arrival is finished at the visitor’s accommodation and is on the loose to leave as soon as the check of arrival is negative. Children under the age of 10 are exempt from the verification requirement, but are subject to quarantine through the adults they are with.
Current COVID-1nine trend: very good. Daily instances remain at a number and the total number of instances on the island since March is just 175, with nine deaths. Right now, it turns out that there are very few viruses in Bermuda.
Several other countries weren’t on today’s list, but have come close. In most cases, this is due to the fact that they are technically open to travel, have strong position restrictions, or there is not enough hard data. having to make an informed resolution about the scale in. Hopefully some of them will get on the list of places to stop in the coming weeks.
Rwanda is open and asks for only 24 hours of quarantine after passing a check upon arrival at your hotel, as in Bermuda, however, a national curfew from 7 p. m. helps keep you off the list for the time being.
Tanzania is also open without any special need for testing or quarantine. Some readers wondered why last week’s article came with it. This is because Tanzania has published any knowledge about COVID-19 infections in the country since April. In the epidemiological scenario of the country, it is difficult to make informed decisions.
Jordan has just reopened on September 8 and foreign flights are welcome (although for now the number of flights remains limited). The challenge is that only 15 “green” countries are on the list of arrivals that should not be quarantined for 14 days, adding seven of the days in “institutional quarantine. ” The United States is not on that list. All seven countries deemed yellow will have to quarantine regardless of verification purposes and 20 “red” countries, adding the United States, would complete the same quarantine and then wear a tracking bracelet beyond that. What happens to other people in countries that do not fall into any category is not transparent.
Ecuador remains in an official state of emergency with curfews and travel restrictions in effect in and between many provinces. It is imaginable to enter the country with relative ease, however, given that there are different curfews and regulations evolving, it is probably more productive to keep an eye on the stage for now and see how things unfold.
I am a filmmaker, born in Manhattan, raised in Japan and the United Kingdom and now founded in Stockholm. In the meantime, I’ve been to 50 countries and I’m talking
I am an editor and filmmaker, born in Manhattan, raised in Japan and the United Kingdom and now founded in Stockholm. In the meantime, I’ve been to 50 countries and I count, and I speak intelligently Spanish, French and Japanese. Monocle’s shipping correspondent and I also write for the New York Times, Scandinavian Traveller, BBC Travel and others. I have a master’s degree in journalism from UC Berkeley and a bachelor’s degree in film from NYU’s Tisch School of Arts. experience are aviation advertising and loyalty programs, but I covered everything from cars to food, from music in Haiti to an environmental confrontation in Chile. I’m looking for an excuse to explore a new place. I love a wonderful holiday in nature. However, I am fascinated by infrastructure, urban plans and how design can make or undo our cities and how we move between them.