Saint Lucia Launches Updated Travel Protocols
Saint Lucia’s government has revealed a change to one of its core arrival protocols for travelers, Caribbean Journal has learned. The island will soon require all incoming visitors to obtain a negative PCR test five days before arrival in the country. That is a slight tightening of an earlier policy that had required PCR tests within seven days before arrival. The new protocol will take effect on Feb. 10, tourism officials told Caribbean Journal.
Tanzania Has Reopened For Tourism
As of June 2020, Tanzania is now reopen for tourism. No mandatory quarantine period is currently in place, however temperature checks, mask wearing, and social distancing is in effect. 2021 Note: Tanzania was NOT requiring tests from September 2020 until May 2021. Now a 72-hour PCR test is required for all passengers as of May 4, 2021.
COVID-19 Still Around But Cyprus Open to Safe Tourists May 10
NICOSIA -- While still struggling to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, Cyprus will allow tourists from 65 countries to enter beginning May 10 if they have proof of being fully vaccinated, including those from the United States. Also welcome are visitors from the former Colonial ruler The United Kingdom, with the island a favorite lure for them although their government won't let them travel outside the country until May 15 for now.