Do you want to go to Australia? Either get the vaccine or pay 3.000$!
For months, it has been known, Australia has closed its borders for all nonresident travelers and imposed strict restrictions for [...]
For months, it has been known that Australia closed the borders for all nonresident travelers and imposed strict restrictions for all people in transit, it is thought that the borders may remain closed for tourists even through 2021.
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A firm date for a border reopening still seems a mirage, but the Australian government is considering a move that could get us traveling back to the land of kangaroos: either you vaccines or you get 14 days of quarantine In a hotel at your own expense.
Quarantine or vaccine
The proposal is similar to one made by IATA (International Air Transport Association) who launched the idea of a Travel Pass that would allow plot people who have undergone vaccine or who took a swab immediately before leaving, so as to optimize the tracking And travel safely.
Now Australia is considering either imposing a mandatory 14-day hotel quarantine upon arrival (at the traveler's expense, expenses amounting to at least 3.000$) or a green light provided the traveler has undergone the Covid-19 vaccine course.
The news came out of a conference press held in Queensland with Australian Minister Stuart Robert. The signal is positive; in fact, Australia expects to finish its vaccination campaign by October and plans to use an official registry that keeps track of all vaccinations, in a way that will issue some digital certificates via a tracking app, a true digitized health passport.
"We expect that people coming to Australia, as Covid-19 continues to be a significant disease in the world, will either be vaccinated or go into isolation."
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These were the words of Greg Hunt, the Australian Health Minister, given at a press conference. Tough times then for No-Vax people who want to set foot in Australia, lucky times instead for those who have already received the vaccine, who may soon be able to book a vacation in Australian land.
Covid has put a strain on the tourism industry, and many cities seem to be emptied out, Australia has also been hit hard, and the border closure is certainly not helping to boost tourism on the continent.
Here are solutions like these that bode well for an upcoming reopening of the borders. Probably as early as this summer there could be a slowdown in restrictions for those who travels to Australia.
