Visitors from United Kingdom (and other countries) from April 1st

[galexinda]

NICOSIA, CYPRUS, March 26th, 2021 -
Taking all necessary measures to ensure that visitors enjoy their holidays in a safe and carefree environment, Cyprus will be opening its borders to all UK visitors, as follows:
Opening of Borders: Cyprus opens its borders to all visitors from the United Kingdom as of April 1st, 2021.

http://www.tourism.gov.cy/tourism/touri ... penElement

Links to other countries:
http://www.tourism.gov.cy/tourism/touri ... d_wlpZMATc

[The Aquila]

That’s great news for family, friends, friends of friends and the economy

[WHL]

I saw this on facebook, and some seem to think this is fake news, April 1st?

[Dominic]

I saw it last night. I haven't turned it into a news story because there has been no official announcement. In the last official announcement of allowable countries, UK was still in the grey area (literally, that is what it is called).

Besides, I thought International flight from the UK was banned until May 17th, wasn't it?

[trevnhil]

I too thought that you were not allowed out of the UK for Holiday reasons

[Firefly]

No we cannot fly from the UK until at least 17th May, unless you own a holiday home !

[The Aquila]

I saw this on facebook, and some seem to think this is fake news, April 1st?

Fake news from a government website?

[galexinda]

Cyprus, as is every other country, is entitled to make its own decisions as to where visitors come from and the requirements to enter the country.
However if that country has different rules in place then its residents will have to follow those rules.

A good sign that Cyprus is taking the initiative and encouraging people to visit - at least it gives people who do want to travel overseas an option of places that are welcoming them and they can plan ahead and make bookings.

My only concern is that this has been issued by the Deputy Ministry of Tourism and not the usual Cyprus authorities.

[Kili01]

Cyprus badly needs the revenue and so is encouraging tourists to come here.
But it has quite a lot of Covid cases at present, mostly in Limassol.
I hope that visitors to the island will have had their vaccinations (2jabs) before coming here.

Dee

[wilky]

Loads of tourists lying on sunbeds and jumping into the pool today at the Annabelle where have they come from there was a flight from Berlin into Paphos today by easyjet are they the first?

[PhotoLady]

Nothing has changed with regards to International Travel outside of England and (as far as I'm aware) for the whole of the UK.
EXCEPT without a valid reason for which forms must be completed - not quite on pain of death if you're caught out, but a hefty fine will accompany it.

The UK Government were due to review Travel on 12 April but there was an indication last week that this may happen earlier or more information will be forthcoming around 5 April.
As of now, the indication is nothing will move until on or after 15 May for "holiday travel"

This is the link to International Travel for England:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/national-lo ... nal-travel

[Yioula]

Did I read somewhere that Germany was thinking of going into lockdown over Easter !!!

[PhotoLady]

Did I read somewhere that Germany was thinking of going into lockdown over Easter !!!

There was indeed but I think there's been some backtracking but not sure how much.

[galexinda]

'Grand plans announced by the transport minister for the opening of the island’s airports and optimism expressed by other tourism players earlier this week, began to wane rapidly after the UK government appears set to keep the entire travel industry on tenterhooks until at least April 5'.
https://cyprus-mail.com/2021/03/28/tour ... g-rapidly/

[Firefly]

Talk this morning that we may not be allowed foreign travel until August, and then only to countries with a good vaccination record.