2022 HOLIDAY DESTINATONS – WHAT ARE THE CURRENT ENTRY REQUIREMENTS?
PART 1
GREECE
Regardless of vaccination status
travellers from the UK must complete a Passenger
Locator Form before arrival into Greece or the Greek Islands
All travellers above the age of
5 will also need the following:
You may be asked to take an antigen test at random on
arrival by the Greek authorities. If the test is positive, you and those you
are travelling with will be required to complete a period of 5-day quarantine
at home or in a hotel provided by the Greek state. If after 5 days you have no
symptoms or your symptoms have improved (you have had no fever within the previous
24 hours period), you can leave isolation.
SPAIN
Before travelling to Spain, all passengers (including
children) must complete an online Health Control
Form.
On completion of the form, you will be issued with a QR code
that will need to be shown at your point of arrival into Spain.
If you are over 12 years old and travelling to Spain
for the purpose of tourism the following must be shown:
Additional checks such as temperature monitoring, visual
assessment or the request to take a Covid test can take place at the border of
entry.
Passengers arriving into Spain can be contacted up to a 48-hour
period and requested to take a PCR, antigen or LAMP by the Spanish authorities
if they feel there is a need to do so.
At present unvaccinated travellers, unless exempt or under
12 cannot enter Spanish borders.
ITALY
When arriving in Italy passengers from the UK must be able
to demonstrate one of the following:
If you are fully vaccinated the additional information is
still currently needed to gain successful entry to Italy:
There may be further requirements for specific regions within
Italy so be sure to make sure you check this out prior to departure.
For those passengers who are not vaccinated the following
will be required:
Those children 17 or under do not need to quarantine when
travelling with a fully vaccinated parent. Only those over the age 6 and over will
be required to present a negative test result on arrival.
TURKEY
All passengers over the age of 6 (including Turkish citizens
and residence holders) must complete a form
prior to arrival. This is to gain entry and can be done up to a maximum of 72
hours before.
You do not need to complete this if you are transiting
through Turkey to another destination country.
All arrivals over the age of 12 from the UK must have one of
the following:
Children 11 or under do not need to test or present
vaccination status.
Travellers may also be required to undergo extra random checks
on arrival, including temperature monitoring, visual assessment or asked to undertake
a Covid-19 test.
ARRIVAL INTO THE UK
At present arrival back into the UK now requires no pre-departure
test from those countries considered Green. A private lateral flow test needs
to be taken on or before day 2. There is no longer the need to isolate on
arrival until a negative test result has been received.
In part 2 we will cover some more popular holiday
destinations and try to give all our readers a summarised view of the most up-to
date entry rules.
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14th January 2022