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These destinations are closed to unvaccinated travellers
With countries grappling with COVID outbreak, and locking and unlocking their borders, the travel scenario has been marred with uncertainty for quite some time. One needs to keep a constant tab on changing rules and travel updates to plan their essential as well as non-essential travel. Now, while some countries have put in place strict quarantine rules, a few others are banning unvaccinated tourists altogether. As per the latest developments, these are the destinations that have banned unvaccinated travellers from entering their borders.
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Malta
Malta is all set to ban visitors, who have not yet received both the jabs of COVID vaccines, from entering the country Referring to this, Malta Health MInister Chris Fearne stated that it will be the first EU country to do so. This development has, however, raised fears that other European countries might also follow suit as the Delta variant continues to spread across the continent.
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Anguilla
Although it reopened its borders and started welcoming tourists who tested negative for COVID in Nov 2020, it was again hit with a surge of cases in April, which forced the Caribbean island to push back into lockdown for a month. As per the latest reports, starting July 1, visitors must be vaccinated at least three weeks before their arrival to Anguilla. While children are exempt from the vaccine requirement, the new policy will remove the $300 entrance fees for vaccinated tourists that had been in place for some time.
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Canada
Canada is in no hurry to open its border to all travellers anytime soon. Recently, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, while attending a press conference in British Columbia, responded to a question regarding the country’s policies on vaccinated or unvaccinated travellers, and stated, “I can tell you right now that’s not going to happen for quite a while.”
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Spain
Well, Spain will also remain out of bounds for many travellers. As per a recent declaration by the Spanish Government, it has already set a limit on who can enter the country. As per the reports, only residents from European Union (EU) member states, and those belonging from the list of 10 ‘low-incidence’ countries, may visit “without the need for diagnostic tests or vaccination or immunity certificates.” Apart from them, all others, including Americans, will have to show proof of vaccination to enter Spain.
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St. Kitts and Nevis
If you are not vaccinated and hoping to visit the Caribbean islands of St. Kitts and Nevis, think before you book your flights. On May 29, Prime Minister Timothy Harris responded to a virus outbreak, by closing the borders to all unvaccinated visitors, after they had managed to keep the virus at bay for months. The Prime Minister, while announcing the changes, stated that the previously announced travel rules for unvaccinated travellers stand null and void now.
