New Zealand reopens, but it will have to wait until 2022
Certain news is also beginning to arrive about New Zealand's reopening to international flights. In recent days it has been announced [...]
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Certain news is also beginning to come in about the Reopening to international flights from New Zealand. In recent days, the expected date for the return of foreign tourists has been announced. Unlike the nearby Australia, which had planned a gradual reopening starting in December 2021, Wellington intends to extend the timeframe even further.
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Indeed, the Oceanic country is one of those that has had from the very beginning One of the most cautious and pragmatic approaches to the fight against the pandemic, managing to keep it largely under control and limiting the number of deaths to only 44 people out of a population of more than 5 million.
Reopening in New Zealand: there is a date
The announcement was made by the government on Wednesday, Nov. 24, and confirmed what many had already expected after the rapid rise in infections that began in October and was due to the Delta variant. According to a statement by Minister Chris Hopkins, who is in charge of pandemic measures, the New Zealand Will not return to welcome foreign tourists Until April 30, 2022.
Therefore, there are still five months to go before we can travel to Auckland and Wellington again. The requirements will be a full vaccination pathway and a 7-day quarantine upon arrival, mandatory for all.
New Zealand citizens who are vaccinated and Residents of neighboring Australia, of course if they have a regular entry visa, will already be able to start traveling to New Zealand, however. All other New Zealanders living abroad, on the other hand, will be able to travel to their homeland from February 13.
An approach to full reopening that will therefore take place in several stages, "the safest approach to make sure that the risk is carefully calculated," Hopkins explained. In this way, according to the minister, the impact on the health care system and the most vulnerable people will be minimized.
How to enter from Italy
Italian travelers will only be able to return to the Oceania country from the end of April, but they will also have to meet certain entry requirements. First among them is being in possession of a regular tourist visa, which has always been essential for entering New Zealand from Italy.
In addition to this, tourists who will start arriving from next spring will have to prove that they are fully vaccinated and will have to submit the result of a negative test performed before departure.
Once they land, they will have to take another test and undergo a period of seven-day self-isolation. There will no longer be the mandatory quarantine period within state facilities, but everyone will be able to choose where to spend their week of isolation.
