Guatemala Allows Vaccinated Travelers Restriction-Free Entry
Guatemala has become the latest country to allow vaccinated tourists to enter without PCR testing or quarantines. The list of nations that have updated entry requirements to recognize vaccinated travelers is still quite small, under 10 countries as of late February 2021, but is slowly starting to grow.
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.
MALTA HAS REOPENED FOR TOURISM
Malta is reopening for tourism on July 1st, allowing visitors from many nations to enter the country without an isolation period or testing. As of August, many more countries have been added to the approved list. The Prime Minister of Malta, Robert Abela, also announced Malta’s International Airport will resume commercial passenger flights on July 1st. Flights carrying tourists coming from the 20+ pre-approved country list will start arriving in Malta that very day.